*NO OTHER country in western Europe allows abortions seven months into in France abortion is only available until 10 weeks.?
introducing a legal limit for abortion of 18 weeks. But his arguments are simply available in Western Europe.
FAR being more Britain lags comparison abortion facilities currently Europe. women prove, their many other on request.
example, although practice weeks. In aboravailable beyond weeks for in Demark abortion is Greeks on certain ArOUNOS.
pregnancy, wrote Liberal MP David Alton in the Liverpool Daily Post of 6 October this year. 'The norm is 14-16 weeks and Alton claims that Britain is out of step in providing for legal abortion up to 28 weeks. This is a major justification for his Private Members Bill aimed at untrue. CAROL TURNER looks at the range of abortion provisions of varicLy •I CasUIs weeks.
legally LOI.
The weeks, on is de facto limit is Aborabortion is GIUs. up to weeks. In Germany Suisde.
Brito 20 ty, for reasons with the abormedical areas of grounds Italy 12 weeks. Thereafter abortion abortion is risk to the case Collonll be legally Belgium life endangered nonsugOnly three West tugal abortion medical ethical severely Spain. considered for abortion, the foetus must be faulty, or her pregnancy must result from rape In the north of Ireland abortion is virtually illegal. In the south its illegality is now enshrined in the conOver suw Irisa women each year ecma ee •cole r= tain for a safe legal abortion David 'Aton and his of David Alton and anti-abortion friends, Britain is far from being the most liberal of West European countries when Cone: «DoTCOs facilities. One report on West Europe, prepared in 1985, classified this country as tive' In Britain lags countries the camother of abortion practice, anti-choice obby MP David simply prejudice.
• The majority of the information quoted above is available FAB Bulletin no 2 priced 20p from 4 Wild Court, London WC2B SAU (01-405 4801). Bulletin no 3, also of local andis ti sal prion contains a selection catiligavailable from the above address. Conference against OVER 100 people, mainly women, representing a wide range of organisations, attended the 'Working Together to End Strip-Searching' conference organised by the London Strategic Policy Unit (LSPU) and the Association of London Authorities (ALA) on Saturday 5 December.
NALGO, and from session.
"security' support was extended to smede Brownee trom the Campaign Against Strip-Searching in the North of Ireland. This techniaue is usea in Armagh, now Maghaberry, prison. It is also used against Irist women in prisons like Brixton and Durham.
opened by AuCISUl women, searching.