Abortion

This material is held atWomen's Library Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 106 5HWA/4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1970s-1980s
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder

Scope and Content

Correspondence, reports and press cuttings:

* Letter from Waltham Forest Humanist Group giving regional abortion statistics

* Information from community health centres for a report on facilities and attitudes towards abortion on request in Roehampton and Wandsworth Health Districts

* List of Members of Parliament who voted for and against the Abortion (Amendment) Bill Second Reading, 7 Feb 1975

* Parliamentary order paper for 15 Jul 1977 (lists Abortion (Amendment) Bill)

* Report on abortion facilities in London to be presented as evidence to the national tribunal on abortion rights on 29 Jan 1977

* Article on Day Care Abortion Units by Sonia Markham (1978)

* Guide produced by the National Abortion Campaign for local groups on joining a mass pro-choice campaign: 'Everything you've always wanted to know about action but never dared ask or how to build for May 14'

* Paper relating to the Corrie Bill (Feb 1980) describing methods of illegal abortion

* Press cuttings