The Abortion Act (1967): a Biography

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Main Archives and Collections consulted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Library

 

Communist Party papers

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

 

British Medical Association Archive, Edinburgh

 

Scottish Committee for Hospital Medical Services

 

British Pregnancy Advisory Service

 

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (most files later donated to the Wellcome Library)

 

Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham

 

Papers of Francois Lafitte

 

Glamorgan Archives

 

Glasgow Caledonian Archives

 

George Rawlinson Collection

International Marxist Group

Labour Party

One Parent Families Scotland

Scottish Trades Union Congress

Tony Southall Papers

Trades Union Congress

 

Glasgow Women’s Library Archives

 

Scottish Abortion Campaign

National Abortion Campaign

Edinburgh Women’s Centre Archive

 

London School of Economics Archives

 

Baroness Jeger

David Steel papers

International Marxist Group

Liberal Party papers

Merlyn Rees papers

Rhys Williams papers

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

 

National Archives, Public Record Office, Kew

 

Cabinet Papers

Central Midwives Board

Department of Health and Social Services

Director of Public Prosecutions

Home Office

Prime Minister’s Office

 

National Health Services Grampian Archives

Grampian Health Board

 

 

National Records of Scotland

 

Local Authority Health Services

Criminal Justice and Procedure

Crown Office Files

National Health Service Files

Parliamentary Bills’ Files

Scottish Home and Health Department

Scottish Information Office records

 

Parliamentary Archives

House of Commons Library

House of Lords main papers

 

Public Record Office Northern Ireland

 

Department of Health and Social Services

Ministry of Home Affairs

Northern Ireland Assembly

 

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

 

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Midwives

 

Warwick Modern Records Centre

 

Anarchy

Andrew Whitehead papers

Libertarian Struggle

Socialist Action

Trades Union Congress

 

Wellcome Library          

 

Abortion Law Reform Association

Birth Control Campaign

Coordinating Committee in Defence of the 1967 Abortion Act

Family Planning Association

Helene Grahame papers

National Abortion Campaign

Pregnancy Advisory Service

Wendy Savage papers

 

Women’s Library, London School of Economics

 

Abortion Law Reform Association

Labour Life News

National Abortion Campaign

National Council for One Parent Families

Six Point Group (Hazel Hunkins-Hallinan)

St Joan’s International Alliance

Women in Media

Women’s Rights Campaign

Women Word Spirit