The Abortion Act 50 years on
Dilys Cossey and Diane Munday talk about campaigning to make abortion safe, free and accessible. Plus, 50 years on from the 1967 Abortion Act, a look at modern challenges to it.
In a programme marking fifty years since the 1967 Abortion Act we talk to Dilys Cossey and Diane Munday about why they campaigned to make abortion safe, free and accessible. We hear a 1964 interview from the Woman's Hour archive with a woman from Newcastle who had a back street abortion. Fiorella Nash, from the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child explains how their campaigning has changed over the last 50 years. We discuss current challenges to the law in the UK, and assess access to abortion around the world with Manuelle Hurwitz from the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
Presenter: Jane Garvey
Interviewed guest: Dilys Cossey
Interviewed guest: Diane Munday
Interviewed guest: Fiorella Nash
Interviewed guest: Manuelle Hurwitz.
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A personal account of a backstreet abortion
Duration: 08:47
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Back Street Abortions
Duration: 24:38
How Has the Anti-Abortion Campaign Changed?
Duration: 13:09
Abortion - The Global Perspective
Duration: 04:24
Access to Abortion Across the UK
Duration: 08:52
Dilys Cossey and Diane Munday
Duration: 11:07
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Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Interviewed Guest Dilys Cossey Interviewed Guest Diane Munday Interviewed Guest Fiorella Nash Interviewed Guest Manuelle Hurwitz Broadcast
- Tue 24 Jan 2017 10:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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