Bad Taste no. 66: anti-abortion marches

The scan: sc-n135-feb-21-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

This text was corrected by hand against the scan: the strip at the head of page 6, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 66 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: anti-abortion marches.

page 6 of the scan

Three-panel cartoon strip on the Sexual Politics page: a doctor tells a woman she is entitled to her disgusting views about her so-called rights, while a nun with a whip drives schoolgirls who find the anti-abortion marches a bit of a bore. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 66, Socialist Challenge no. 135, 21 February 1980, page 6. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE #66. "By Cormac".

2. (A doctor to a woman lying on a couch beside a bottle of Valium:) "You are, of course, entitled to your disgusting views about your so-called rights but don't forget that many, many fine women vehemently disagree with you!" "Yes, doctor"

3. (A nun cracks a whip behind marching schoolgirls, one with a "SPUC" placard:) "I don't know about you, Sarah, but I'm beginning to find these anti-abortion marches a bit of a bore!"