Abortion Rights is the new name for the Abortion Law Reform Association. It is an advocacy organisation founded in the United Kingdom in 1936 by Janet Chance, Alice Jenkins and Joan Malleson that promotes access to abortion in the United Kingdom. It campaigned effectively after World War II for the elimination of legal obstacles to abortion and the peak of its work was the Abortion Act 1967.
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In 2003, ALRA combined with the more the group National Abortion Campaign, which was founded in the 1970s, to form Abortion Rights.
Position statements
Abortion Rights is a campaigning organisation and have issued six position statements:
Statement on late abortions. This advocates the legalisation of abortions up to full-term.
Statement on disability and abortion. This statement recognises the rights of disabled people.
Statement on sex-selection abortion. This advocated the decriminalisation of sex-selective abortion.
Statement on crisis pregnancy centres.
Statement on decriminalisation.
Statement on conscientious objection.
Supporters
Abortions Rights funds come from donations and membership from individuals. A proportion of their income also comes from affiliated groups. These affiliated groups include: