Victoria and failed clinics with the current the on human This bill is similar to the Rio which could eventually only worldwide In New Zealand violence is also abortions private indeed.
discussions Nairobi, group for Life had the church, In Greece the PASOK government, recently re-elected, has similarintroduce promised legislation despite a massive campaign by feminists who have signed a petition stating that they have had an (illegal) abortion This type of hesitation by social democratic governments has allowed extreme right to get the upper hand on this as on so many other issues, and has done the most tremendous disservice to women. In Brazil for example the left-wing governor of Janello Leonel Brizola, recently gave in to pressures from the Catholic church not to make abortions more easily available Such examples are manifold and serve the offensive on abortion rights and on their right to control their own bodies If the women's and labour movment worldwide lose the battle on this most basic right that women must have, then the prospects for any advance for women, in this decade or the next, will begin to look very grim What is required is not polite in luxury hotel but an international campaign to detend abortion and contraception rights worldwide and to make a reality the universal demand of the women's moyement 'No not the state, women must decide their fate'.