Two hundred women attended a one-day conference at the South London Polytechnic last Suturday, called by the National Abortion Campaign. The day combined workshops on the threat posed by the James White Bill together with discussions on how to organise, publicise and raise the monev to defest the Bill.
Madeleine Simms, from the National Secular Society, armed the audience with a barraje of statistics tips and arguments Tor acane wira antra pornonets uke those from the Society for thie Protection of the Unborn Child.
Simms stecssed the importance of turing Lie tables in these kinds of debates. When the anti-abortionists try to get the police and the priests to enforce their own bellels, they dens the individual hez treedom of choice.
James White s Abortion (Amendeent) sul in being posed as an "improvement" to Che Abortion Act of 1967. Dut under the pube of tichtening up on cotruption in the private sector it would actually make abortioo illegal under most conditions. Some of the delegates to NAC one-day confernen COH TS UrUCNU Qu COteswma these types of arguments aas to put the aspoesibibty on the Stater "The way to Kill corruption in the private sector is to make ne pupuc sectoc wonk betlr, sau! free abortions readily available an the National Health Service.
AS TESUELAEDOSO UICUSSKOSWOMHT students at the conferenoe decided to translate into action the roceat NUS deciséon to support the National Abortion Campaign hy calling a meeting on 21 April 1o omanise students and workers in Central London to take up the campuign. The neeting will statt ar 6.30 p.mt. in the LAISES Ol London Enon IROOm ZEI in Maiet Street (For further information, phone 370 3645 during the day or 226 7512 in the eveming).
Mach of the National Abortion Campaign work over the nest two months will be taken up with planning a national demonstration in Condon bn 21 Juni The Campaien ls seeking belp in its efforts lo publicise and baild this action, and volunteers will be welcoeed at B0 Railton Road, London SE.24, For more information, telephon: 274 8498.
Linda Smith and Gwyn Davies