NAC heavily in debt -it's up to you

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debt and its creditors are closing in.

borrowed and labour movements.' Inaway the present financial crisis goes back to NAC's very successes. The need to Del onl attempts by one right-wing MP after another to introduce anti-abortion legislation meant that. the campaign used to be constantly on full alert.

But since the defeal of the Benyon Bill a clear national focus has been lacking.

Many NAC groups have remained active on local issues - LICENCE FOE STAOCE, TOYE called rice one for an November, But the national structures are in some disarray. The only left group which still sends repeesentatives to thieetings of the steering committee is the International Marxist Group. And the money's comingin.

So whar is to become of the campaign for abortion rights? One significant step forward is the trade conference called by NAC and the Labour Abortion Rights Campaign for 25 November at Caxton Hail in London.

As Sue Warkins explains: This is really the only major the trade unions that there's "The TUC's decision to call a demonstration restrictive Bill has been a rea build Camosen smone trade unan ists to defend abortion rights."

But as Sue adds: 9f NAC were to fold, who eke would campaign?" answer is to look more women's movement. THE NATIONAL. Abortion Campaign is £2,000 in *The campaign is only kept going at the moment on fivers", says NAC office worker Sue Watkins. "What happens now is really up the women's MARTIN METEYARD looks at what is at stake.

SUC ATRICS EBE NAL ACCO: to have a 'special relationship' tothe women's movement, and that in the past this hass't really been reflected inits onentation A closer relationship with the women's movensent would, she feels, lessen the problem of having to have a national focus since it feedback from the base Al any tale it sobvious that we have to take this discussion about the future of NAC into the women's movement now.

I'd like to see articles in Spare Rib, Scarlet Woman. WIRES. cle.

What ss clear is that the threat to abortion rights is far TOBE OVEr. is restrictive Bill in Parliament is allow more Very likely.

There is also a new offensive against abortion rights inter.

Again it is NAC playing an important role in planned for nex: March. which is