The last weekend to THE National Abortion Campaign mapped out plans at its national meeting in Sheffield offensive in light of the failure on the Widens on of the anti-abortionists to come up with a restrictive bill this parliamentary session. Top of the list is support for a nationally co-ardinated campaien for day care abortion turure well as plans to draw together positive legislation.
Outpatient abortion facilitie could provide safe and quick abortions on the NHS. In most areas facilities for abortion are totally inadequate. Plans for clinics have been shelved, thaoks to curs in NHS spending. And where clinics attirades make cortain that their full pocential is never reached. The campaign bopes to work closely with local cuts committees, trade unionists wonten'a groups and student organisations.
A special student committee has been escablisbed and the Trade Union Liaison Committee proposcs to organise with other pro-choice groups all all-trade union conference in the autumn. In spring, national lation implications of NAC's demand for a woman's right io choose — what it entails in theory and DETENCE necessary demand in the fight and who it is a of women to determine their own sexuality ABORTION CHARTER To lay the basis for further activities- and possible legislacion — NAC hopes to dran: up au Abortion Churter. The campaigo is also considering the possibility of using government and council elect ions to raise and extend the discussion on its aims. me Maureen Colqohous, Laheur MP for Northampton NOrth, EASt HeCK WOn Be appeal against the decision of her constituency party te drop her us their • MP. The Special cHi Pant Bat lonal executive enquir:
Colguhoun was invalid on "procedural grounds.
If argued that when the briginal motion demanding Colquhonn's sackieg was moved in the Park Wurd the MP had not been given prier notice of it, and this was against "nutural justice.
The technical nature ol this judgement conveniendly avoided both the disgusting anti-lesbian campaign condected against Colguhoun support of racist statements