Abortion Act interviews

Interviews with key abortion rights figures, conducted as part of a project "The Abortion Act (1967): a Biography", conducted by the University of Kent's Law School in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh. The collection includes interviews / transcripts with the following individuals, who have been active in abortion campaigning or services over the past 50 years:

1. David Baird

2. Marge Berer

3. Eileen Cook (transcript only)

4. Dilys Cossey (transcript only)

5. John Deighan

6. Ann Furedi

7. Anna Glasier

8. Joyce Gould

9. Ann Henderson

10. Goretti Horgan

11. Diane Munday

12. Josephine Quintavalle (transcript only)

13. Bill Rolston

14. Peter Saunders

15. Jack Scarisbrick

16. Audrey Simpson (transcript only)

17. David Steel

18. Caroline Woodroffe

2017

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Interviews with key abortion rights figures, conducted as part of a project "The Abortion Act (1967): a Biography", conducted by the University of Kent's Law School in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh. The project sought to re-evaluate the Abortion Act (1967), tracing the Act’s changing interpretation and impact in each of the countries of the UK. The project focused on: a) clinical discretion, service providers and the ‘abortion industry’; b) the role of counselling and information giving; c) concerns regarding the appropriate treatment of the fetus; d) the ‘type’ of women who access services; and e) political protest and campaigning. The project also looked at the role that newspaper ‘sting operations’ played in shaping regulation and practice in this area, tracing at least two ‘stings’ through the initial media storm, parliamentary questions, reform bills, legal actions, impact on guidance and regulation, subsequent media (re)assessment, and the impact of this on medical practice. More information about the project can be found here: https://research.kent.ac.uk/abortion-act/ .

Transferred to Wellcome.

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