Fifty years on from the 1967 Abortion Act, many women in the UK still struggle to access abortions because of cuts in health services, obstructions from medical staff or because the law was never extended to Northern Ireland.
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Globally, according to the United Nations, 21.6 million women are unable to access safe abortion and 47,000 women die every year because of complications. This accounts for 13% of all maternal deaths.
Come and reflect on the rights we have won and the rights we still must fight for.
Speakers:
Kerry Abel, Abortion Rights
Caitlin de Jode, London Irish Abortion Rights Campaign
Dr Marilyn Thomson, expert on Latin America
Diana Johnson MP
Tickets going fast, available here:
Wed 11 Oct 6:30- 8:30 pm NUT Hamilton House WC1H 9BD
