abortion bill to Parliament.
As SARAH ROELOFS explains the abortionists.
National Abortion Campaign groups throughout the country are stepping up their activity in the fight for women to have control over their own fertility.
• Cleveland NAC has joined Newcastle for regional day care campaign. They are producing leaflets to win support; addressing the community bealth councils and a ca their demands.
•Oxford campaigners have won support hospital branch of ASTMS, the white collar union, and from other union branches for their standing day campaign. A recent area health The anti-abortionists are alive and well. And Sir Bernard Braine, Tory MP for South East Essex, aims to prove it on 21 February when he will bring an antiSir Bernard Braine's bill will be introduced under the *10 minute rule". A vote will be taken to decide whether it should be allowed a place in the queue for a second reading. If successful, it's unlikely to get any further Abortion Campaign is not yielding to the persistent efforts of the anti-abortionists. The campaign sees that even if this bill does not succeed, any vote by MPs to back its proposals will strengthen the hand of the antiauthority report to local papers announced that a newly built hospital will not be opening. and that existing services are to • Carditf is a different story, Campaigners CHAVE WOR victory health authorites decided lo provide limited day abortion facilities. The group is now fighting for extra staff and increased facilities they are open for a mere one day a week. local • Leeds activist Walton reports: In April last year, Leeds Western connunity health council expressed its care concern over the lack of NHS abortions. They did thanks to the pressure from area healtl authority to set up a day care unit.
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"Our abortion group realised National we couldn't community health council, and Tely town-wide day care campaign.
Those active Th NAC. We were pleased with the artendance and from the British Pregnancy and council, the Communist Party the Socialist Workers Party and the recently Groun, when local trade resolutions to send to the health care authority.
In the May council elections the Socialist Unity candidate today has agreed to pur day care into the manifesto, and in one word the Labour Party has also given Geordie NIC SEACY. • Hackney NAC Loodon has called a public mecting jointly with the City and Hackney this, bealth council on 2 March. The have access to it.
the Labour Community Health local trade when representatives scheduled for discussion.
Service, the health DAY-CARE Marxist We're now out to get unionists to pass the HERE LO facilities:
women: • reduce the load on in East community WATHS meeting will urge the authority to extend the day care abortion clinic which exists, so that ni women in the East London aren Hackney NAC is petitioning and seeking support from trade has been contacted. The nexr action called by local campaigners is a picket of the aren health authority meeting on 9 16175 he Nias in every area ar are abortion facilities o essential if women are to have control their fertility in practice. Day care needed * reduce delays in obtaining an abortion, making the whole procedure safer and casier tor cological departments increas ing the efficiency and quabty of ECLOTE the community's benlth cure; • reduce distress to some shall and patients in gynaecological Students breadth In recent months the Tories have stepped up efforts to overrule student union decisions by using the power of the Courts. And now the Government has moved in with a public accounts committee Investigation into the funding of student unions.
A major attack on student union autonomy is underway, and a united response to the Government's attacks is vital. However the campaign is already seriously divided, as REDMOND O'NEILL, IMG student organiser, explains.
come from many corners. The courts can use the charity status of most unions to rule virtuali ANY BON-S MOCESELES legal. And local education and college aurborities refuse even the absolute minimum of funds for aD independent union, Hundreds of small colleges all over Britain are afauthorities. The Government is control over their funds, but Many definite moves it would like the support the National Union of The bloc between the Federation of Conservative Students and the Broad Lef - which dominates the NUS national marrer bow many individual • unions sented there The eight SSA members who were present argued that cach conference should be proportionarely represented on the committee Thew were detenred by the surprisingly close margin of 32 voresto4LCDSU AGAIN Al tbe Manchester Con ference, IMG students will be arguing for the establishment of a Liasion Commitlee for the based on delegates from affiliated unions. that any initiatives taken by the campaien should be jointly planned with militants from the Landin conterence