About this book
Published by the National Abortion Campaign in London in 1983, this pamphlet framed reproductive rights as a question of political power and bodily autonomy rather than individual morality. It addressed the systematic barriers to abortion access in Britain and Ireland and situated the Campaign's advocacy within a feminist critique of state and medical authority over women's bodies. Like other Campaign publications of the period, it was designed for practical distribution among activists, trade unionists, and health workers engaged in the growing reproductive rights movement.
Why it was banned
Banned in Ireland in 1983 under Part II of the Register of Prohibited Publications for advocating the procurement of abortion or miscarriage. Published by the National Abortion Campaign, London. The legal basis for this prohibition was removed by constitutional amendment in 2018, though the register entry remained formally unresolved as of 2025.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1983 | Moral | ||
| Register of Prohibited Publications, Part II. Legal basis abolished 2018; register not formally stood down as of 2025. | ||||