Police behaved viciously towards a group of 300 demonstrators who were protesting against the lobby organised by the anti abortion group, SPUC (Sockery for the Protection of Laborn Children) at Centrai prevented from holling a meeting outside завалеисиов Su mie bus 'coad broke up. police waded in, kicking and punching people leaving the scene. The slogans of the counter-demonstration organised by Ad Hoe Committee against SPUC, included Free abortion on demand sinash reaction, take a stand," and Women must decide their fate - not the church, not the state. Seroral organisa tions, including TMG, fire London LIYS branches, ASTMS Central Hospital Group, several women's liberation groups, and th Women's Abortion and Contraception Campaign, are affiliated to die ad lou Committee.
SPUC is the most dangerous of all those groups busily defending the sanctity of the family, the sanctity of lives yet un born, and demanding sex he kept where sE hefongs. Unlike most other groups who perdie represen and aim to keep armen chained to the kitchen sink, SPUC has made a serious attempt to develop support among somen workers and working das housewives. But despite rising lange funds to compensite women for the day away work, the SPEC lobby attracted only 3,000 people, not the 100,000 they лад порес та 31.
The Ad Hoe Committee held a meeting Inter in the evening at Friends Meeting Speakers inuuded Linda Smit! (IMG), Isay Richards (LPYS - apeakin in a personal capacity), Helen Gurdo from Coventry Women's Liberation, and Dudie Weppler (EMG). The last speaker emphasised that the Tory Government was taking up varions demands from both Iberal and reactionary quarters concening women and the family, such as the faxcredit system and obscemily, in an effort to win support from women in its fight agairat to trade One blatant example or lab i snar me propose anti-discrimination bill encourages women to fight job discrimination through the NIRC.
Would arrone who witnessed the arrest of a demonsmator near the top of Writehsh ar she end of the anti SPEC demonstron on Teesdry pleme contact Red Reekiy Perfonville Road, London, N.I. mL 278-2616