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Socialist Challenge No. 17, 13 October 1977 · p. 16 of the scan · 559 words

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page 16 of the scan

A VERY POOR start. That is the c only 35.10 came in. Nekt with an Initial balance sheet of Socialist Chal lengr, we will explain our urgent financial requirements Our fund drive logo making its debut this week makes Lepin look very grim. The best may co cooct aim upa with the 60th anniversary of the Russian Revolution rapidly ap down. Our thanks to those of our supporters who did help us out in the fight for another E1800:

With 5 November on the way our Bury supporters beat Guy Fawkes and organised an carl bonfire party. From this Torwand Soclelir Challenge bonfires be ing lit all over the country en that famous occasion. Organise your financial rocket. OVER THREE million women picked ap their daily paper las week 1o learn that they could be risking death by caking the Pill. It's hard to invent a more graphic example of the pap which berween the motives and interests of the drug manufactarers and and the women tor sate contraception and abortion.

A report from the Royal College consult thei witching to other methods of birth control MITESSE ЛЕЕ ПОТЕЛО ID ense and death faced by a fifth of 6.45pm. the 3,200,000 Pill users.

As one paper put it: "The truth. however ended the uncertainty*- And this continue is precisely the point structure of the health service has always ensured that women are kept in ignorance of the whys you men" they une "given". Keep calm The Royal College, along with the test of the medical hierarchy, Idils women to "'keep calm' while straining every sinew to prevent wonsen having the slightest coo trol over theil own bodies. The Pill manufacturers say there is 'bathing new in the report, and will go on reaping while petting women's bealb at risk.

As the Pill report burst into tic headlines Pirate Jenny Il theatre group and the National Abortion Canopaign caravan the mountry. JUDY WATSON, a member of Pirate Jenny, reprs:

The theatre group has diff- and a depressing series of stories about anti-abortion doc needs of General Practitioners because of the the of the "'trear been promised vast profits abortion in the town. First day of the NAC caravan et Winchester. Loce hoppieg precinct. it ended up in a car park on the outakirs of tha town tors we have heard. Cardiff has Choice an out-patient abortion clinic since 1973, the premises and finis are available at the Heath Hospical, bur arc Lars Lubu жгрове. A survey of Cardiff GPs showed that 85 per ceot di bot even know of its existence!

In Bristol facilicies are a bir poch ow two consauens de anti-abortion, and the local daycare clinic is being transferred to Jocal GP informed a wonan tha she'd have to think ngain if she One of the slogans tor the 29 in Birmingham is "Women's This is what we must fight To We must press arca health auth oricies to provide full abortion Facilities En Thei ares. If reac _ are preventing this me should call for thei теріасетеш b: synaccologists who are pie: to carry cat terminations you in Birminghain co Wie 29chl Coton and the play eun LE HANT METON counciliers refused to let the caravan park in or rear th Caravan al LIVERPOOL Leeds Tracee Club, Rpm.

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