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trade union conference as to choose, writes KATE HOLMAN The one-day comerenter 20 be held November at Caxton Hall, in London, aims to get the TUC and Women's policies abortion implemented. This will include organising the defence of the Abortion Act, building local campaigns tor better abortion facilibes.
Since the Abortion Act was passed, the slender rights GODERS A WOMAN!
Socialist Challenge 17 August 1978 Page 10 ONLY THE trade union movement can organise the sort of mass support needed to win abortion rights for That's why the National Abortion Campaign and the Labour Abortion Rights Campaign have called a La major step towards Involving the unions in the battle for a woman's right conceded to women have been threatened hoth by changes in the law and heall service cuts.
The TUC, as well as many unions at rational and branch level, have passed resolutions and demand and TESTERs Bul support has stopped there At this year's Women's TUC conference, a resolution carried overwhelmingly called for the TUC to organise a national demonaration against any Bill seeking to restrict abortion It GOTCO LOS LO CHECHEE for better NHS and advice.
This the resolution yet to che calling as it does for an active show of support by the unions for abortion rights Abortion directly affects the working lives of women who now make up 30 per cent of trade unionists and 40 per cent of the labour force.
Women are the lowest paid section of workers and have little or no voice in the trade they play a full role in the trade unions working lives, when they have GO TO OCC TICKH children they have or how they are looked alter?
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abortion, contraception, and chitacare, so tha woncE sig make a choice about when to work. For women, these are basic rights.
In a Lime of coonomic criss COUL BUDDH opposing legal like the present women suffer the most. negligible because the existing meagre services are cut back still further.
Since the 1967 raised MP, have introduced unsuccessful Privare Members mlls aimed at restricting it. It is clear abortion that next Tories are elected 15 Ekely to Stronge see an attack on the harlin so However, the funatical antiSONOMETE wait till then the courts to attack women's rights In Leamington Spa, a 13 year old was prosecuted for taking laxative pills to hring on a late period.
having art abortion.
How can organise their provide SWEETEE Their choice becomes Act was Anderson.
SCENCH especially if the TACKOUL even more ferocious Willineson.
- TO MOSHCHE - have turned to The trade untion conference on abortion noods the suppor 15,16817 September. The dates SPEAKERS AND TOPICS INCLUDE Democracy -Nicis Poulantas, Norman Germs The English Bourgeois Revolution -Clues Analysis and Political Strateg Scottish Nationalism - Tom Nairn;
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