On 1 July the abortion facilities bi The conference delegates discussed how to use the publicity and support around this to go forward with a campaign on positive legislation, and the role of the law achieving woman's right to choose.
The conference decided to hold a forum on facilities in the coming year trade unionists, women's groups and Labour parties to monitor the attacks on abortion wights and to OSCUSS of positive legislation is needed to could right to choose in reality as well as in theory.
Aims However, much of the debate centred on whether or not to change the aims of the campaign. Conterence voted against do. agreed to organise a na- ing Nevertheless, tional contraception campaign. This means that the ight for positive legislation will not now be in the forefront of the activities of NAC.
Of course, it's true that he Tory government cu ack in all social facilitie: including contraception. In the Brighton area, for example, clinics are being closed. In familv Bannise available to young people without parenta permission and Depo provera, the contraceptive drug, in an ploitative way on black and working class women in particular.
We have to highlight these issues. supporters and others argued that this we had was mistake, and that to affirm that the campaign on abortion rights was the crucial issue, whatever else NAC might take up as a subsidiary issue.
Unfortunately, the conference did not agree with us.
Many positive things were proposed at the conference. But over the next year we have to take them out to NAC's broad based support, especially in the labour aLIC than ward lo cang a ud in inlooking anc named rather fruitless discussion. JERILISATION DAY OF ACTION ANCE EN SUISSE EN ESPRIN Socialist Challenge
TESSA van Gelderen (18 June) is quite right to point out that when are attacked, Women murdered they are usually blamed tor ine violence used against tem. This is particularly so when women have had any relationship with the man concernica.
Only last week a man was jailed tor tive years atter twice rapina a woman. He had held her for seven 'threatened her with a hand grenade and a carving knife. woman was nocke unconscious, stripped naked, tied up and forced to raped, concerned The should be demanded in such cases is not really the issue here (although I think Socialist Challenge should take up the debates that have taken place in the women's movement on this question). What cases like this show is that society has a total contempt The daily papers were tar more the 'titillating' details. Where thev did mention the remarks of the judge it was only in that the woman COncerned had obviously brought this WRITE TO US!
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