By Tessa van Gelderen will be turned away ing contraceptives.
This will be the result of Ronald Reagan's new laws were canics wine obliged to inform parents and which are troduced for 'the good of teenagers' traceptives such as the Pill, diaphragm and IUD come under the new rules, which means that young women's parents would be told but young men's would not.
This is just one more in a series of attacks women's rights under the Reagan administration.
There is a strong protest movement against this IT WAS WELL, NU ONLY ONCE.
Birkenhead Labour Party Not content with all the massive LULD they have made in local services, the Liverpool Liberals and the Wirral Tories are trying to sell off essential services to any cowboy firms that make low enough bids.
they are facing increasingly organised action by Merseyside trade unionists.
A mass mccue called by the Liverpool joint shop Sicwarus on Monday of last week voted overwhelmingly take strike action to defend jobs and services, to campaign for a reversal of all cuts. to refuse to cover for vacant posts, to refuse privatisation moves and to full gIve DUUUUI L workers across the Mersey in Wirral against Tory cuts and privateering.
Trade unionists working for Wirral's Tory council formed the Wirral Joint Union Committee six months ago when the Tories threatened YOUNG WOMEN under 18 in the United States from family planning clinics if either parent objects to them receivchange in the law which people believe will hially only result in increased pregnancies and aborBORS The American Medical Association. the Americar College ot Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, American Pediatrics and even Girls Academy Ciubs of America and the YWCA have ioined forces in opposition.
But it doubtful if Reagan WIll change his mind as he continues to pour money into obscenities like the war tries herald his "morality'.
MILK. GO TO CUR DOCTOR OR THE FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC TO CHECK IF YOU ARE PREGNANT.
- YOU ARE THEY'LI HELP YOU. ANYWAY THEY'LL TELL ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL repeat the disastrous experience Southend. There the council brought une excuse ceanne Group headed by David COUNCHOT. after they had already been turned down by lorv councils like Bracknell as being too expensive.
Despite evidence from their Hanaccle services that the Direct Works is cheaper than private contractors, WITral Tories have given notice to painters, joiners and electricians. They are also running down all school cleaning, caretaking and meal services, threatening nundreds more sackings over the next year.
Wednesday for i one WJUC called La one dav strike tor which there was wide supAll the cleahsing depots were closed, So the maintenance depots and many more office WOLKCIS retused to cross the picket lines.
drome has not been in the news lately.
jail for the rape of a five had been 'promiscuous' of the man who was sleeping nude. 'I am satisfied lady. He did not know how to refuse.
seen her mother and the man having sex. A KEY ISSUE being raised in local elections this Having made every effort to get rid of council house stock, local Tories are trying to emulate their In the atternoon the march from the centre of Birkenhead Wallasey led by the Labour group on the council was swelled to more than 1000 by a big contingent of supporters brought over by the Liverpool City joint shop slewaras committee.
At the mass rally at the end of the march, Labour councillors pledged themselves to reverse the Tories' decisions if elected withdraw all redundanny office May LOUICES However, the possibility after May is of a hung council' on both sides of the Mersey the Liberal/SDP Alliance nolding ine balance and continuing. Tory policies.
Labour will have to call for all out strike action to these policies and for all out SunKe action Tebbit bill which will make such strike action illegal.
Morality new style USA 1 THE dangers of tampons causing toxic shock synroctor ana Gamble were ordered to pay $300,000 to the family of a woman who suffered from it. The jury in lowa, USA, found the company negligent after the woman had used its Rely tamMorality new style USA 2 A MAN in Washington DC received only 90 days in year ora giri. Ine light sentence was because in the judge's view the girl when she jumped on top we have an unusually sexually promiscuous young 'The judge's explanation for her 'promiscuity' was that she had By S Weller Even at supposedly ist, patronising attitudes still prevail.
As I am 15, I had to see a counsellor, which was a farce in itself. 'But dear, sexy do you wauso ine sex? just quisitiveness? Are you sure you're being pressured?' It was not enough for me to say that I wanted to have sex because I wanted I had to justify large bits of the nationalised industries.
experiences of Liverpool City Council, led by the Liberals, follow the same path as the Tories.
WHATSAN IF YOU are under 16 and want contraception, there's no problem — unless you're a woman.
'progressive' clinics, sexmyself. I was asked if a two month long relationship was sutticient for me why don't vou wait till you're 16, dear?' The counsellor looked mitted when I said that I wouldn't be going out with him then!
There was also the warning against the perils of The Tories are not alone in these plans. The indicate that the Alliance will But the labour movement is fighting back. 'casual' sex and the pressure on me to tell my mother. My experience in at cue cout med to me that this society is totally women and youth to rule our own lives. No wonde so many young become pregnant.
There continual threats to our abortion rights. The aim is obviously to put us at the mercy of our own bodily functions, with no right to Last week Socialist Challenge developments in examine events secretary and Mark Hackett, Bury NALGO president THE running dispute on who runs the refuse collection and associated services in Bury is in moth balls and may be dead for ever. Strong united trade union action has halted the plans of the council to follow in the footsteps of Southend and privatise Bury's services, From day one that the plans became known all NALGO, TGWU, AUEW & NUPE-joined together the scheme. refused operate with the contracting out of public services. Any member threatened victimisation was promised full suppor: Irom the Joint Ünion Committee.
Leader of the council, Socialist Challenge control our bodies. I don't want to live fear pregnancy want the right to live my own life the way I choose.
That's why I'll be a the Women's restiva organised by the Labou Party on 5 June - fighting for a Woman's Right i Work and Woman's Right to Choose. defeated the Tories over the Corrie Bill. We can do it again.
looked at the London Borough of Wandsworth (latest situation p14). This week in two districts of Albert Little, ignored the views and advertised tor tenders • LO refuse coliection unions issued a statemen: that they would call al their members out on definite strike the department affected the council's proposals The prospect of rubbish accumulating in the streets in the middle of ar prompted the councillors INCC - for the first time on this issue After eight negotiations agreement was reached lust a dav before the striki was due to start.
The Council has suffered a humiliating defeat They have been forced to retreat on a definite com mitment stronger than ever before TACH ancau 29 April 1982
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year is the Tory plans to hive off essential public services to private contractors. bosses in Westminster who are selling off the
STOP THE CUTS. SAVE SUBS! ...but were British
Merseyside itself - and in Bury, Greater Manchester. By lan Stephenson, Bury NALGO branch
I DUNNO ASK YER FATHER,
the Wirral and Liverpool city Greater Manchester