IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Don't underestimate self-help

Socialist Challenge No. 106, 26 July 1979 · p. 3 of the scan · 384 words

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choose whether to have children, and no one else's.

HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD JOHN CORRIE?

A CAMPAIGN such as the one now under way against Corrie's Bill needs a song. Socialist Challenge hereby launches a competition for the best anti-Corrie song.

Send us your songs, we'll print the best ones and the campaigners can temselves decide which they want to TOWER Hamlets Trades Council public meeting on abortion. Defeat C'orrie's Bill. Aug, Robert Montefiore Centre, Deal St, London E2.

Nearest tube: Whitechapel. SpeakWendy savage (mile (linic), Dr Berry Beaumont (NAC), Jane Foster (Sex Education for young people).

SHEFFIELD: a public meting is planned for 23 August. Details from the Sheffield IMG, tel 0742 385 983.

ENSURE details pro-aboruon events appear in this colmn, ring or write to Socialist Challenge: Dear SC:

I have been reading with interest the articles you have been carrying on the abortion debate and in particular 'the butchery of back street abortions' (SC 12 July).

awful ' experience abortion, I feel that the implication that all illegal abortions are unsafe is mistaken. 7pm, For example abortion laws are repressive than here.

End abortions are carried out including by women's self-help health groups.

In fact the menstrual regulation methods used by these women are far less traumatic for the women than many hospital abortions which take place later on in pregnancy and are accompanied by disapproval.

It is important to your between illegal perform abortions profiteering HUlYE women who perform them as part of their committment to gaining controi over their own lives and fertility.

untraumatic practice.

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in Italy Even even 1101C many illegal the fession.

Maria Fubini much moral dIsungulsT abortionists of shees CULL and those Women learning to do safe and abortions very important bart of teminist political Obviously the . will make sure that this remains illegal as it does with other political activities that threaten its power.

Although I fully support the campaign for abortion on demand on the NHS, I find it difficult to imagine state ever allowing women the while the permits abortion it gives doctors the right to decide who will have abortions and how they will be done. By learning to abortions ourselves reclaiming control of our bodies from male-dominated medical pro-

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