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Women's Abortion Campaign (WAC) was a not-for-profit activist group that campaigned for the decriminalisation of abortion in Queensland, access to free and safe abortion, and sex education in schools through lobbying, rallies, and information-sharing. It was based in West End, Brisbane, and received funding largely from donations and membership subscriptions. An earlier iteration of the Women's Abortion Campaign was the Women's Campaign for Abortion (WCA), which formed in 1979 but disbanded around 1986. WCA then re-established in April 1991 as WAC, after individuals interested in abortion matters in Queensland began meeting again from 1989. WAC disbanded between the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Publicists - Debra McLoughlin, Mary Barram, Unna Liddy, Felicity Farmer, Frances Somers, Lorna Owen, Annette Liddy, Anna McCormack, Susan Price, Katrina Barben, Philippa Stanford, Nannette Wight, Jenny Hughie and Alison Stewart.
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Invitation to the Socialist Feminist Forum at the Miscellaneous Workers Union Building in Spring Hill on Saturday 1 December 1990. The forum is a report back from the National Women's Conference, organised by the National Foundation for Australian Women, held in Canberra from 29 September to 1 October 1990. Speakers at the forum include Jenny Binne (Women's Information Service Queensland), Lynn Rogers (University of Queensland Union) and Anna McCormack. Original invitation contained postcards to send to the Queensland premier to urge the abortion law repeal.
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In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- Women's Abortion Campaign (Subject)
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Revised, KM, 2-Dec-2024. Created KM, 25-Nov-2024