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The views of young people are quite explicable, they want the levelop their ace, with the right to the necessary adice if they need it.
For young women, hoose or are coerced into early sexual elationships, this ruling is simply an atempt to enforce unwanted pregnancy s a punishment for their sexual activiWhile the implications vomen are tremendous the ruling also andermines young people's rights in general. The DHSS's appeal against the aling gives a number of where young people's legal vould be unclear, or overturned.
For example, can a young person of sex discharge memselves mom hospital without parental consent? Or contrarily, can parent discharge from hospital without the oung person's consent?
in the area of contraceptive advice the dangers are obvious. 'oung woman allends a lamly plainng clinic asking for grees to her parents being contacted, ut the parents fail to respond. She exlains they are not interested in her sexchoice Her own If a young who either informed?
views are?
The Gillick young of their own.
Dilnu eye to male examples lives of women. rights insist views known in no uncertain terms.
What if a Wesley House, contraception, aign, fact sheets, petitions same address.
woman in advanced pregnancy attends a doctor's surgery, can the doctor carry out an examination and give ante-natal advice if she does not consent to her parents being Who will decide if a young woman may have an abortion or not, herself or her parents, whichever way round her ruling makes young people the property of their parents, with no independent rights or opinions Secondly, it reinstitutes the old double standard which turns a sexuality, but attempts to coerce and punish the sexual Gillick's ruling must be reversed. Women, young people and the labour movement must be out on the streets over the next months, and on the 23 vune march In condon, to make neir Contact the Youth Campaign, c/o Great Queen St, condon W1, for details of the cam leaflets and badges. And affiliate to the National Abortion Campaign at the
Socialist Action 26 April 1985 THE 19 APRIL is the 25th anniversary of the South SWAPC