It is this law which in the so-called 'permissive The 1861 act implied that abortion could be legal under some circumstances and in practice this came to mean when the mother's life was under threat. In 1929 the Infant Life Preservation Act introduced the concept of viability (ie the state at which the foetus could exist without the mother)
The 1967 abortion act was merely an amendment to this law which means that abortion is still a crime today. Its history shows how the ruling class That's why it's vital to take up decriminalisation since this would be a fundamental challenge. But this must be accompanied by legislation to enthe facilities are available so that women are not NAC, 374 Grays UMIST, 22 and 23 May in Leeds Bellvue Centre, Bellvue Rd, Leeds 3 ib sponsored, 14 waged and t2 unwaged Please register in advance:
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tervention of 'destabilisaDON Canvasu the CIA. Examples are legion: Vietnam, Dominican Republic Angola El Salvador, Jamaica. Grenada, Cuba and many blacks is that since Reagan _COl office unemployment has Creasce Unemplovment for blacks has always been twice as high as for whites - 12/13 per cent while 6/7 blacks who've never rea got out of the depressi of the 30s.
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