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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 15. July 3 1978

Dear Simon,

I have been asked to write to Salient on behalf of W'ONAAC (Wellington). We were surprised to read an interview in your June 12 issue in which Geraldine Whiteford promoted the Abortion Rights Campaign as an on-going organisation. Perhaps the editing of the interview was at fault but to our knowledge Arc was intended as a short-term coalition.

Our understanding of the situation is that Arc was established at a public meeting on April 22 as a coalition of abortion rights groups and individuals. WONAAC Wellington is one of the groups involved.

The purpose of the coalition was to organise a public meeting and march to protest the abortion laws. These are to be held on July 10 and 14 respectively. Yet no mention is even made of these activities in the interview.

The organisation of these events was to be handled by a committee open to anyone interested in helping. As well monthly public organising meetings were to be called where the committee would report back and the abortion rights groups in Wellington would also report on their own activities. In this way it was hoped to provide a point of liason between groups to avoid duplication of activities and obtain wider support for these.

The question of whether Arc was to be continued as an on-going body was also discussed. It was decided that this matter would be taken up after the July actions.

As far as we are aware, this is still the situation.

Margaret Weston

Coordinator WONAAC (Wellington)

(I am not sure what you are complaining about. As far as I can make out the interview explains Arc in the same way as you do. Perhaps you would care to be more explicit -Ed.)