THE anti-Corrie march on Downing Street on Friday immediately after pro-abortionists heard the result of the Commons' vote. Inset: the police arrest two of the effects of the Bill.
"Those who are behind the Corrie Bill are dishonest and liars, she said, "They say they just want to the Act. But let's be clear. If this gets onto the statute books. provided for in the 1967 Abortion Act will be repealed.' Sheila Abdullah Liverpool asked the meeting:
merely concerned tidying up the Act as he claims, then why doesn't he introduce legislation to ensure safe, early NHS abortions?
"If there are any abuses today, it is the great stress women are forced to bear for weeks on end until doctors, and not women themselves, decide what is best.
Mel Reed was the last speaker of the alternoon meeting, chaired by Reverend Tom Robinson from Liverpool. A round of applause greeted er's announcement the has taken the decision . LO for OIL demonstration on abortion.
Results At 4.30pm, after the vote in the House of Commons, we filed outside to hear Labour MP Jo announce the results.
Cries of 'Shame' went up when we heard that only 98 votes were against this disastrous Bil: while 243 predominantly male MPs first step towards forcing thousands of us into the hands of backstreet abortionists.
"tidy up' the measures 'If which was that historic of MPs who interests.
Richardson Campbell-Savours House: 'How can cast abortion?' against the took the socialism'.
backstreets. demonstrators. Top: the announcement the press overlooked.
There, Jeanne Saint told us about who the debate in Parliament. The handful defended the 1967 Act included the former Health Minister, David Ennals; Jo Richardson, and Willie Hamilton. Other Labour MPs failed abysmally to defend women's The member from Workington, asked we be against hanging, against fox-hunting, and for In his view, this would go very 'principles of As Jeanne Saint DUL IL *Following his logic, socialists should be in favour of women dying in the works for the General and Municipal Workers' Union, stressed in a personal capacity, that while the TUC's decision to call a demonstration in October was to be welcomed, it couldn't be left at that.
'We have to go away from here, united and committed to campaigning for a definite date from the TUC October is the day NAC favours -and then it'll be up to us to ensure that the march is the biggest yet.
As Toni Gortin from the Labour Abortion Rights Campaign put 'We're thinking of the scale of the anti-Industrial Relations Act mobilrules.
of the evening came from Mike Tait, who successfully resolution in his Transport Workers' union branch (TGWU/ACTS/1418) calling on his union's executive to join - 27 in the mobilising committee for the demonstration; to donate £20 to it and to ensure the union's sponsored MPs abide by Labour Party policy. it: up to take up the campaign. 'It has involved more interest and One of the most encouraging signs reported.
proposed 'We've A branch sub-committee was set members Students.
Association, than any other issue taken up in the union in the recent past,' Mike Tait Judy Watson ended the meeting with one of the strongest speeches we heard all day. "The fight against this Bill is even more important today she said. "The Tories are attacking all of our democratic rights - the right to picket, the right to demonstrate, the rights of immigrants.
got the women's movement behind us in our fight. We've got resolutions and a f100 donation from the National Union of 'The Labour Party and the TUC support our aims. The British Medical the Royal College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricans have made statements. So have the nurses "The support is there. All we need No manoeuvres in this Parliament will stop this Bill. So we'te going to leave tonight with a pledge that during the summer months well be on the streets, in the shopping centres, on the estates, at the union conferences with one clear message — to march shoulder to shoulder on 27 October to throw out this Bill and to meet this and every other attack which the Tories are committed to make..
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