pregnancy to decide what are grounds for having an abortion. .... ... .. in NAC in the past were reluctant to see this development as the other organisations involved have traditionally been much more lobbyist organizations, in contrast to NAC's approach of the need to mobilise mass support including through the unions.
Today many women, particularly young women have no idea of the existing restrictions on their rights to control their fertility until they or someone they know need an abortion. It seems - and is - outrageous that in a coun try where Blair is happy to lecture us on the need to go to war to liberate the women of Afghanistan, women themselves are not allowed to decide whether or not to have a child.
But that is the situation because the current law only allows an abortion to take place with the consent of two doctors, who are only supposed to give permission if the woman's health is in some way at risk, or the foetus is at risk of being "seriously handicapped".
The main piece of legislation used today was a major step forward when it was introduced in 1967 and has SCOTTISH TRADES UNION CONGRESS
Womens for abortion on request. It particularly worrying that number of disability groups an