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by *Daphna Whitmore* Abortion is no longer in the Crimes Act in New Zealand. The law reform passed yesterday and now abortion is a medical matter between a woman and her doctor. Many women's groups and progressive people have campaigned for reform for decades. The women's liberation movement and some of the far-left in the 1970s had mounted a fierce battle for abortion rights but the third Labour government was committed to maintaining rigid restrictions and began efforts to close the Auckland abortion clinic, with a police raid, repressive legislation and charges against the clinic's director. National under Muldoon carried on Labour's work. . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/abortion-law-a-win-for-women/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
