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These badges protest a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. The National Abortion Campaign (NAC) was set up in 1975. It protested against proposed changes to the 1967 Abortion Act in Britain. Its members saw abortion becoming the campaigning rights issue it continues to be today. The Act stated an abortion must be performed by a registered medical practitioner. The Act also stated two medical practitioners must agree the abortion is necessary if there is a risk to the physical or mental health of the mother or if the child would be severely mentally or physically handicapped. The law was amended in 1990 to prevent abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy. A foetus is considered viable after 24 weeks. This means it can survive outside the womb. There are now calls to lower the legal limits further. However, it is ruled that if continuing the pregnancy risks the life of the mother then an abortion can take place any time. The NAC merged with the Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA) to form Abortion Rights in 2003. maker: Unknown maker Place made: United Kingdom Medical Photographic Library |
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Short title | L0059391 Five National Abortion Campaign badges, United Kingdom, |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0059391 Five National Abortion Campaign badges, United Kingdom, 1970 |
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Image title | L0059391 Five National Abortion Campaign badges, United Kingdom, 1970
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org These badges protest a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. The National Abortion Campaign (NAC) was set up in 1975. It protested against proposed changes to the 1967 Abortion Act in Britain. Its members saw abortion becoming the campaigning rights issue it continues to be today. The Act stated an abortion must be performed by a registered medical practitioner. The Act also stated two medical practitioners must agree the abortion is necessary if there is a risk to the physical or mental health of the mother or if the child would be severely mentally or physically handicapped. The law was amended in 1990 to prevent abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy. A foetus is considered viable after 24 weeks. This means it can survive outside the womb. There are now calls to lower the legal limits further. However, it is ruled that if continuing the pregnancy risks the life of the mother then an abortion can take place any time. The NAC merged with the Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA) to form Abortion Rights in 2003. maker: Unknown maker Place made: United Kingdom made: 1970-1981 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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