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This Question of Pressures: 1: The Politics of Abortion

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on BBC Two England

The Abortion Law Reform Act, that still controversial measure, was a private member's bill piloted through Parliament against a background of intense organised lobbying. Even so, could it have passed without the sympathy, at least, of the officially neutral administration?
Introduced by John Tidmarsh
with The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt Hon Douglas Houghton, CH, MP, Mrs Vera Houghton, David Steel, MP, Norman St John-Stevas, MP, Arthur Davidson, MP, Dr Derek Stevenson

Contributors

Presenter:
John Tidmarsh
Speaker:
The Archbishop of Canterbury [Michael Ramsey]
Speaker:
Rt Hon Douglas Houghton
Speaker:
Vera Houghton
Speaker:
David Steel
Speaker:
Norman St John-Stevas
Speaker:
Arthur Davidson
Speaker:
Dr Derek Stevenson
Producer:
John Eidinow
Source: Radio Times

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