OVER four hundred women in the Spanish town of Seville have been charged criminal offences because their names appeared in a file the family planning clinic.
The file, medical Could ment, was removed from the clinic during a police raid last October. The staff at the clinic .are being prosecuted for carrying out abortions, which totally illegal Spain.
The clinic workers have advised if they consider one has ine rignt to interrogate them about what they • • their OWli bodies, they should refuse to give any information to the police.
They are asking for letters and telegrams protesting against the raid ana tne subsequent closure of the clinic, and opposing any legal action being taken, Juzgado instrucCOn No6 Caso 3640/80, Prado de San Sebastian, Seville, Spain. Letters should also for the legalization of abortion.
Holland IN Holland, an abortion hill has nassed through the first chamber of the barnament and will shortly go to the second chamber where It is certain to pass. If it becomes law would remain a criminal ON 21 February the National Abortion Camholding women's forum on abortion, which will discuss issues arising NAC's activities in the past and how we now take the campaign forward.
It will discuss the relationship of NAC to abortion as part of the revolutionary programme, and young women, and All oiner questions women. are welcome to this interesting and useful discussion.
Socialist Challenge 12 February 1981 Page 14 offence and a woman's doctor would be able to refuse permission for an day waiting, period for reflection would be required, will muke the country's facilities outof-bounds for the many Toreron women whoa present take advantage of Holland's liberal practice. complicated system of licensing for clinics will increase the Dutch abortion campaigners will continue to fight this, bill when becomes law. Messages of solidarity can be sent Landelijk Sekretariaat Wij, Vrouwen Eisen, Postbus 2302 BC Leiden Holland.
AN abortion trial is now taking place in France, where eight Parisian doctors, accused of charging up to £1,500 for abortions and doing late abortions, are in court Junet clinic. the Pergola. has been closed since 1979. but when ir use it was so overcrowded that women had to queue and camp beds were used.
Under current French law, confirmed last year, abortions are only legal in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, while bureacuratic delays and deliberate obstructions make it impossible for most women to obtain an abortion. Hence the success of such clinics as the Pergola and the continued trips to Britain and Holland.
The Contraception, AborZanu Sterilisation Campaign Women will be highlighting these and other issues on its second International Day of Action on 16 May.
ICASC, to which the National Abortion Campaign iliated, is co-ordinating information and solidarity actions OIl abortion world-wide.
The Politics of Abortion A day-long forum on:
A woman's right to choose Sat 21 February, 10-5pm Starcross School, Rising Hill Ste Women only
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Leonora Lloyd takes a look at the international struggle for Spain
Abortion forum