Last Wednesday. 1,500 people marched through Wellington city in the largest march for safe, legal abortion New Zealand has ever seen.

This was the first opportunity that people had had to demonstrate their anger at the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act passed last November.

Where to from here?

While the International Women's Day march was an overwhelming success, pressure must be kept on MP's until women's democratic right to safe, legal abortion is won.

There are many different ideas concerning the best way to build a successful campaign for safe, legal abortion. Personally, I think that to be effective, we must unite the greatest possible number of people from all sections of society behind our demands. To do this we must:

1/ Raise a main slogan which shows clearly the nature of our demands, i.e.: Abortion is a women's democratic right. 2/ Explain the effect that enforced motherhood has on New Zealand women who must cope with inadequate childcare, isolation from social life, surging inflation, the lack of part time work and paid maternity leave, etc., etc. 3/ Relate the need for safe, legal abortion to the other demands of the women's movement. 4/ Explain why SPUC achieved such a victory in November 1977 out of keeping with its support from the community. 5/ Encourage men to actively support the struggle for safe, legal abortion while maintaining women's leadership function.

What do you Think of These Ideas?

A women's Abortion Rights Conference is being held at Auckland University on March 18 — 19 to ensure that the tactics and strategy for future abortion campaigns are discussed and a successful campaign is wage waged in 1978. Come to the Conference and help turn back the anti-abortion tide.