In recent by-election.
SPUC distributed leaflets detailing the views on abortion of all ihe candidates in the election at Ilford North, which was won by the Tory Vivian Bondall.
35.000 leaflers were handed ouf, encouraging TUTEl support those carididates who your vote count for those who CSABOL VULL.
The society then produced a circular to their members on claiming a micasure of responsibility for The. Tory victory in Ilford North The Representation of the People Act, which specifies election procedures, maker it PHYLLIS BOWMAN, director of the anti-abortion Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child, is facing prosecution for distributing leaflets during JUDE WOODWARD untangles the election laws.
illegal for independent groups put out dates which might affect the cutcome of the election.
It also secks to candidates using "front" gabisations to circumvent the Limitation on election expendicure.
In 1976, election campaign was succesifully prosecured under the same SEINO DE TAE NTEC C large A further case anti-lascie s mendie 3D. t00. isa case against the Manchester Federation of plosers, which callod for votes agains candidates tbar were ib favour of nationalisation.
A lawyer delence ol one of these case: propaganda considers that the candi- Section 63 are very broad. It is possible, he believes, prosecution could be successpreven fully brought Or- propaganda distributed outside AL CLEU SEROS Such a use of the Act holds CHULI OES COEURS TOT SH aD ants-Fascist independent and campaigns on the left. It presents a threat to the Anc Nazi League, whose maio aim agasnst an is to make propaganda apainst NF candidates, during elections, Building Em- Ii will make it very difficult for the National Campaign to bring abortion to attention