GOVERNMENTS around the world are seeking to impose their control over wombs.
their own fertility, together with the worldwide resistance to such measures, subject of a day of action on abortion, contraception, and sterilisation in several countries last weekend.
In London 400 people ment to raise funds for the National CamIn the first session, developed socancis Holland Spain, and uescocu attacks on abortion rights.
Marge Berer explained what is happening in the US, where the gains of the early 1970s when the Supreme Court ruled that women had constitutional right to abortion have been under fire ever War The threat to women, she said, 'escalated beyond belief' in the lew years. It is clear that there is a war going on in the United States.
'A war, she added. 'which being waged against having their bodies and sexuality: Women are feminist arallls and they are organising against them.
This was shown by the growth of the Moral Majority and the National Right to Life Convention, which had helped Reagan confirmed abortionist - to power.
During the presidential pro-abortion politicians were the target of smear campaigns.
women's Attacks on women's rights to determine were the The other session speakers deali the Third Ginny LOOK. who had returned from China, explained tion policy there. Penalties Tsasedone child family and is being implemented through centives and penalties who Collill themselves to having only child cash bonus, 200EOd space, and other incenuves their commitment weakens and they have more than one child, the benefits have to be returned. They also have to pay for education and health provision of their children.
This policy is resulting increase ticide of girl children inere are sulli pressures lo have boys. Liberation Contraceptive and Cook Ginny said, are still freely available demand China, but this is because ot government regulations based on economic need, women's rights.
On They are therefore subject to withdrawal changes governical DULL Y • representative from These Chinese women will be well rewarded by their workers' state if they have one child -penalised if they have more. leadership has little time for women's rights traception,' she explained, 'because in the society we are trying to achieve these rights will be embodied in 'We see our immediate task to be in the struggle for national liberation.
She called for support the Contraception, Abortion, and Sterilisation Campaign for their struggle. speaker SWAPO Namibia, made a similar appeal.
speakers from Latin America, she emphasised Wal which women were being contraception An indication of what the right in the USA thinks of women's rights. This concerned women's clinic in Cleveland was destroyed by a fire-bomb and The bureaucratic methods before they introduced the West, sometimes dire Methods such as DepoProvera, COnsidered unsafe in the West, are wicem used Inne Third World After these international attacks on women's rights were discussed, settled down to an evening's entertainment by Skin, the Chilean Duffrom Spain, and African Dawn.
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