denned once more to stral thei Fr ide third radia • = Fe choose' and the rest of the staff were specially chosen because commitment to this principle.
The testimony of women who use clinic reveals that here is one clinic performing safe, day-care aborfion on the NHS in a sympathetic and supportive atmosphere.
But if the Corrie anti-abortion Bill becomes law this clinic will have Activities on 2 February Northern area: demo, meet Ilam, Forth Si Newcastie.
Nollingham: NAC demo Brighton: NAC dem Leeds: lobby of Sian Cohen MP and a bazaar.
Bedford: NAC street meeting. Church Sr Birmingham: NAC demo, Victoria Sq. 12.30pm All Sains, Mançhesler Scotland: demo, backed by STUC. Glasgow Activities during week of action lower famies: zo Jan. demo tron: Londoi hosnia som al London mobiliselor NUS: demo 5 Feb, 12om. Maler St. Londoi wul to lobby or Parlament Leeds: curs demo a Jan. NAC confingent Benton: all might vigil on Pet Leeds. NAt local demo on s ren Pismoulh: torchhelt procession on fret Leeds; women's torchlight proversion and all night vigil at Leeds Infirmary on 7 Feb.
On 5 Feb the rally will continue from 5-8pm in the horrors of the of Come's 1ET * e as End as beca vine faces of many campaigns, not least that to of their win free contraception and abortion rights. Sylvia Pankhurst and the East-1 London Federation of were the precursors of man! campaigns 1o win women's rights, parlicularly control over fertility.
The development The labour movement, the meut, stadeats. south. politic the broad pro-ab this conn This 11:2 Many _ Suffragettes with the cases.
of the Mentinuous activity drawing every last bit of sap port into the struggle to prevent this dedesk.
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casualty London hospital: Were effects 2: ite cartsreet abortionists tha: vasual! beds were set aside especially io deai with these It was during the passage of ihe White anti-abortion Bill in 1975 that Peter Huntingford started his cam paign for a day-care abortion clinti a: the Mile End Hospital. In June 19° the clinic was finally opened.
'Our clinic was set up on the basis that abortion should be a woman': right to choose', Huntingford sabs. 'The present law enables us to do that; and I am proud and happy that we can provide such a service.
On demand Twenty abortions per week arc performed at the clinic, which serve a population of 120,000, and worses can usually get an abortion within a La result, per cent o1 women who attend the clinic receive their termination before nine weeks The Mile End clinic is the only one in the country which aims to pro vide abortion on demand. Of all abortions performed at the clinic, 9. per cent are for social reasons and would be outlawed by the Corrie Bill The Mile End clinic will no longer viable if the Bill's proposals . But we also have to de against cuts in the NHS, which will also erode this ser¡as is way as many bede a possible in the London area shouk come on the demonstration on Satur assembling at ipm at the London Hospital, Whitechape High Sr, London El (tube: White And this is also the reason why ne need the biggest possible lobbs of Parliament on 5 February against the Corrie Bill. We want more and more Mile End clinics across the country. not fewer and lewer.
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