‘The fact that abortion is still a criminal offence in this country has to change’
The article Conference restates UNISON’s campaign for abortion rights first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON backs abortion rights and decriminalisation
Abortion is still illegal in the UK, with a recent report revealing that a woman was arrested straight after a stillbirth in Cornwall and remains under investigation
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Abortion is a trade union issue
The reversal of Roe v Wade shows clearly that women’s rights must be constantly defended
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Blog: Why attacks on legal abortion are a trade union matter
A leaked opinion from the US supreme court has suggested that abortion there could be severely limited. Anne McVicker, chair of national women’s committee, and Liz Wheatley, chair of the…Read more…
UNISON salutes team that kept up abortion access in lockdown
Union-sponsored annual nursing team award goes to nurses who helped ensure women had access to abortion services during COVID-19
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‘Rights and fights that can and must be won’
It’s night time in Wroclaw, south west Poland. It’s dark. The streets are filled with people in face masks holding placards and chanting ‘I think, I feel, I decide’. Police vans and officers – some…Read more…
‘Back the bill’
Unite members are being urged to write to their MPs and ask them to support legislation to reform outdated abortion law in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Next week, Labour MP for Hull…Read more…
Right to choose is a class issue
#STUC16 The last business in a rushed afternoon was the emergency motion on abortion. Because of the time restriction, UNISON’s Davena Rankin limited her speech to just one aspect of the motion. Here we print her short but powerful speech in full.
“The 1967 Abortion Act was never applied to Northern Ireland – something we must fight to change.
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Fiona Bruce’s abortion amendment: an attack on women’s rights
This evening Parliament will debate an amendment to the Serious Crime Bill which represents a significant and retrograde step in UK legislation on abortion. The amendment concerns abortions on the grounds of foetal sex – a practice which is commonplace in many countries but for which there is no…Read more…
Supreme Court ruling on conscientious objection and abortion
Yesterday, the Supreme Court made an important ruling on the issue of the scope of conscientious objection for healthcare professionals. The case (Greater Glasgow Health Board v Doogan and Wood) was taken by two Labour Ward co-ordinators in the Souther…Read more…