Women respond to repel abortion rights attacks
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Daniel Cantor, Staff member of the National Labor Committee for David Jessup, Special Assistant, American Institute for Free LaSaturday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.
Coalition of Labor Union Women (Capitol Area, East Bay, and San Francisco chapters)
2 SOCIALIST ACTION SEPTEMBER 19 SAN FRANCISCO—Northern California organizations are responding to federal and state attacks on a woman's right to abortion with stepped up activities this fall.
Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit to stop the new U.S. government policy of denying funds to birth-control programs that include abortion services. These include programs in other countries that the United States previously contributed to.
Planned Parenthood is also working to defeat California legislation requiring parental consent for minors to get abortions.
Rosie Jimenez, the first woman Speakers:
Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador bor Development, AFL-CIO CLUW Representative, Women as a result of the denial of public funds for abortion in 1977, will be commemmorated in a series of events on Monday, Oct. 5. These events, spearheaded by the California Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL), and sponsored by the Northern California Pro-Choice Coalition (which includes all major pro-choice organizations in the area, include "human billboards" at major intersections during morning and evening rush hours.
Also planned are a 6 p.m. reception at member of Coalition of Labor Union Laney College Forum, 900 Fallon St.
(Near Lake Merritt BART Station) follow at SEIU Local 790, 522 Grand, Oakland, sponsored by the the American Civil Liberties Union at 1663 Mission Street, suite 460, in San Francisco; an 8 p.m. march to the New State Building at Van Ness and McAllister Streets; and a candlelight vigil there from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
CARAL is establishing committees all over Northern California, including in Monterey, Shasta, Stockton, and Sacramento. For more information call (415) 751-0300.
NOW's "alert" campaign San Francisco National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) has re-activated its Reproductive Rights Task Force by launching a "campaign to alert the public" through information tables set up on Saturdays in various neighborhoods.
Through this campaign, N.O.W. activists hope to talk with thousands of people. They think that many will be convinced to sign petitions and to send postcards to legislators to support public funding for abortion and to oppose Judge Bork, President Reagan's nominee for U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
NOW is also participating in a variety of demonstrations planned during the visit of Pope John Paul II. The events will protest the Catholic Church's opposition to homosexuality and women's rights. For more information on NOW activities, call (415) 861-8880.
CLUW sponsors speakout
The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) has joined the pro-choice fight, calling for a public speakout on abortion rights this fall. The event, in the planning stages, has been endorsed by three CLUW chapters (East Bay, San Francisco, and Sacramento) and the Northern California Pro-Choice Coalition.
A planning meeting is set for Sept. 10, 7 p.m., at 1345 Mission Street, San Francisco. For more information, call (415) 641-0873. In the East Bay, call (415) 569-8847.
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