Concern | Socialist Action 1983

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A PIECE OF THE ACTION Here is the news... ...the U.S. State Dept. has amended its clarification of a previous statement which - Clarifications of lies! Amendments ¡ of lies! Then more tucking LIES!!

- regardsuccinctly in ČORMAC tion, this. In the initial degis ation try establish to remove the idea blame divorce Suffer This that the whole history of the mar riage will be raked up as a bargaining Coulte. disputes over who gets the house much maintenance is paid The woman will suffer most ITOR this. because of Ine double standards in our SOLICLy In the nineteenth cenLui all get divorce if his wife had committed adultery. woman had to show adultery and cruelty or any The proposal to allow divorce within a year of marriage instead of three years consistent this. Much better to make the way a marriage which will not work in order to make Family way fora the 'real that the husband's second marrage.

The idea that this is motivated by concern for children involved in long marital breakdowns is joke when consider that financial security and comfort to the children of single parents being taken away by the Tories at every turn.

Independence, security and choice of lifestyle for and children This bill be comes aw, a d this bill there is no doubt about the need for the labour movement to fight the bill which will be the next in a long line of attacks on women.

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SHOULD THE National Abortion Campaign continue as essentially a single-issue movement for abortion rights or broaden out to take up all the aspects of 'a woman's right to choose'?

At the beginning of October, the NAC Conference will be deciding on the future of the campaign. Below, we publish views from both sides of the discussion on the way forward for NAC. need monitoring and imbut these rights have not even been established with regard to abortion.

Therefore, we see it as miseranve Loal tional campaign continue Canvals aimed primarily at Darilalliculal y change. The demand of 'free abortion demand woman's right to choose' a demand for working class women, for all those who cannot afford to buy their rights. The fears that. the campaign is racist are based on what we don't take up rather than what we do fight for. Socialist Action 23 September 1983