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Wednesday, July 29 Please ring 01-691 8791 La.s.p. attack on abortion rights is taking place. ' the proposed legislation goes through, abortion. and some methods could be defined as murder.
In Spain the law courts are threatening sentences oI up lo years women 'procuring' abortions.
In country after country, Tne rulng class attempts to control the lives women through trolling their bodies.
nut we ave seen successive attempts to curtail driven back by the combined strength the women's and labour movement. Ihe National Abortion Campaign (NAC), which has always been in the forefront of this, held its national conference Gavs ago debate the key problems facing the movement.
If of contraception But given the extent of the ns lives, we have to attacks wollens choose the main issues on which to fight back. measures attacking abortion rights in Corrie's proposed bill last year are being implemented through the back door.
Now is not the time to diversify our campaign on abortion rights. If we lose the fight on a woman's right to choose, then we the fight on everything else The conference failed to prioritise the fight for abortion rights in this Coulill y and solidarity similar struggles abroad.
Socialist Challenge by Judith Arkwright women's sections and trades unions met for the Labour Women's Confernce in last week. The growth in women's involvement in the Labour Party and trades unions was reflected in the number of new and younger delegates present.
taken by the conference should have a real ef fect on Labour Party policy and activity Two of the speakers at the conference rally CARODERLES TWO BIRTH delegates from constituencies, Buxton They were determined that the decisions Sunday night caught the mood of the conference. A COLOMBIA 000*1500 CEATHS FROM ABORTIONS ABORTION leading woman member of the ANC spoke movingly struggles of the peoples of South Africa for liberation and the new which their struggle has taken.
Jo Richardson was greeted with rapturous applause when she argued strongly for the need for the Labour Party not only to adopt policies on women's rights, but to implement them through legislation when it next forms a government.
The conference discussed many topics, rang. Ing the traditional Causch mitting the Labour Party campaign for women's right to work Debate The most lively debate of conference was on the role of women's organisa• tion the Party. As delegate after delegate asked - what is the point of the conterenci when neither the conference itself the National CHOI Committee of Labour Women has the authority or the resources to decide policy initiate campaigns?
I ne whole conference seemed to be agreed over the need for the women's organisation nave stronger role in the Party.
red on the practical means Two achieving this. simple steps put forward, the right for women's con ference to put five resolutions on the agenda of an.
and for the National Women's Committee to be elected conference were defeated after a stormy aeDale
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