JOHN Corrie's Bill to 'amend' Abortion Act had its first reading in Parliament last week. The second reading is scheduled for 13 July.
Details of the proposed legislation have yet to be made public, but among those who have seen the society for Unborn Child woman's right to choose.
And last week SPUC's reaction to Corrie's proposals was little short spokesperson, Phyllis Bowman, was quoted in the Catholic Church saying: "Ine Bill provides humanly possible, available.' Universe went on to report that Corrie's Bill would include the reduction of the time limit on abortion from 28 weeks to 20, but in practice, should the Bill become law, the time limit will be even lower. Pregnant Jeanne Saint, National Abortion Campaign, very difficult to say exactly how pregnant a woman is, and doctors who perform abortions are always worried that if they assess the time wrongly they will be prosecuted.
'A time limit of 20 weeks will mean, in effect, 16 weeks, for this way doctors will be making sure there is no danger of prosecution.
Jeanne is one of two voluntary workers who service the National Abortion Campaign from its London office. The other, agrees that the legal time limit is often not the real one.
"Today, although the limit is 28 weeks, it's very difficult to get an abortion any time after 22 weeks,' she says. "Usually, the only method used for assessing time is the size of a woman's belly.' The National Abortion Campaign, or NAC as it is commonly known, is now four years old, and it is fair to say that with the publication of Socialist Challenge 5 July 1979 JEANNE Saint (top left) and Jan McKenly (top centre), NAC office workers:
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