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to grow 'propaganda 8pm. unti-abortionists Chile to the election. 129 Seven the parlamentary Grind pro-ahortion movement seemed realised lus week when the Tory MP For Ayrshire North place in the ballot at Westminster for Corrie immediately annoanced he would introduce a Bill to further timit a woman's right to choose whether or not to have a child. His proposal was to cut the limit on ahortions from the 28th week ol pregnancy to either the l6th or the Within boars of Corrie announeIng his intention he began le have second thoughts. By last weekend he suid i was "coesiderahly lens likely" that he would choose abortion as the suhject for his Bill. Appurently he had been told he would face "100 per cent"
Whatever Corrie Finally decides the threat to abortion rights continues • First because of the successful conducted by in the form of abortion horror stories' in the run-up •Second because of the size of the • Third because of the length of -SESIDE months - which means any private member's Bill will have a better than asual chance of passing through the necessary legislative stages.
Whether or not Corrie sponsors an anti-abortion Bill it seems certain that such a Bill will be drafted ano that iis main sim will be lo cut down the abortion time limit A l6-week limit would rule out the possibility of screening for foetal abnormalities. such as spisa bifida und mongolinm. for usually this can only be performed after the li-week period.
Less thon 4 per cent of abortions are performed after the loth week. less than 1 per cent after 20 weeks und Jess than 0,1 per ceat after 24 weeks. Bot this does not mean that the time limit would be of linte consequence.
Instend The figures sugeest that because fev performed after 16 weeks there are ofien special circumstances. ARDOT AZAD stead complained that many of the immigrant community bave got the lute abortion.
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The matter of persuading the employers and their states, develop nuclear power for ressoas Weshould put formard the need to lake out of Turiber the right to such decisions, ex- The plaining thet the way end the nuclear threat les through a fight for a the democrafic control of can include the health of the woman, • deformed foelus, or delays in getting the operation performed. Women do not lighly decide to have s In the shadow of these new threats National Abortion Campaign bolds its annual conference on 9-10 June in Nottingham. It Is there that the plans for a massive defener af abortion rights will be discusied ant The obvious first step is building a NAC has aready called apon the TLC and Women's TEC to honour their nun conference resolutions calling such n protest in The event of any nes ahartion restrictions. The NAC conferener will abso hear proposais conterence positive legislation directed at the irbour The present encertainty over John Corrie's intentions need mot contese the pro-choice movement. So far the strength of that movement has have secund thoughts but the anti-abortion lobby intencial e te and highty in the Tors The first step to countering that lobby is the NAC conference, Furtler detalls of it trom 374 Gry's Ten London WCI. Or phone impression we were more interested in looking for illegal immigrants than we were in looking for the munderer".
Since they requested to sec passports in many cases, this is hardly The second example is that of the Virk brothers from Newham, When they defended themselves against an assault by racist white youth they were arrested and sent to prison Their appeal is being beard on 7 tune at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, London. The Steering Committer of Asian Organisations is organising a demonstration outside at These are just two instances of the police harassitient which has led to the June demonstration, called by People Against a coalition of the Asian Women's Movement (AWAZ), the Brixton Black Women's Collective and the Indian Workers Association They came together cacher to protest against the virginity test carried out by immigration offlicals, but they regard this as just a part of the broader state brutality towards bluck people. They are asking all anti-racists to join the demonstration with their bunners, but no placards.
• The demonstratios assembles Ipin, Speakers Corner (Hyde Park).
Picket Brum club POLLYANNA'S ls a club in the city centre of Birmingham Commission for Raciai Equality recently found that its owners and manager operated an ilegal colour bar quatu.
Bui since this disciosure the management have publicly and complaints continning coloar bar flood in.
Birmingham Action Committee Against Racisen in Clubs is holding a picket of Pollyanna's on Saturday 16 Jane. The picket assembles at 9pm al Chamberain Square.