Stories
- Article
The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
- Article
The joys and failures of audio description
Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Abortion Law Reform Association material
Date: 1976 - 1995Reference: PP/WDS/C.7/10Part of: Wendy Savage: archives (1935-)- Archives and manuscripts
Records of the Abortion Law Reform Association
Date: 1935-1970Reference: SA/ALR/APart of: Abortion Law Reform Association- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
"Breaking Chains" the newspaper of the Abortion Law Reform Association, Issues 1-32
Date: 1971-1983Reference: SA/ALR/B.37Part of: Abortion Law Reform Association- Archives and manuscripts
Abortion Law Reform Association
Abortion Law Reform AssociationDate: 1930s-2000sReference: SA/ALR- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Abortion - general
Date: 1966 - 2007Reference: SA/FPA/C/E/16/3/1Part of: Family Planning Association