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CWAA Papers: 16. Analysis of hospital questionnaires, notes and correspondence; 17. Survey of abortion patients, Ann Cartwright; 18. Notes on oral evidence:  Medical Protection Societies.

Abortion Law Reform Association

Papers of the Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act (the Lane Committee)

Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act (CWAA) papers

CWAA papers: 1. Membership and terms of reference, 2. Background to the Committee's work.

CWAA papers: 3. Invitation of evidence and Committee research, with list of organisations (suggested Programme of Work); CWAA 4. Draft questionnaires; CWAA 5. Subjects for more detailed discussion at 3rd meeting (note); CWAA 6. Programme of work and appointment of subcommittees.

CWAA papers: 7. Review of research and statistics

CWAA papers: 7. Reviews of research and statistics (continued from C.18)

CWAA papers: 7. Reviews of research and statistics, (continued from C.19); CWAA 8. Draft Schema of the Committee's report, with letters commenting.

CWAA papers: 9. Submission of evidence

CWAA papers: 9. Submission of evidence (continued from C.21)

CWAA papers: 9. Submission of evidence (continued from C.22)

CWAA papers: 9. Submisison of evidence. Evidence of personal cases 1971

CWAA papers: 10. Suggested programme for taking oral evidence, CWAA 11. Draft Hospital questionnaire, CWAA 12. Submission of Evidence

CWAA papers 12: Submission of Evidence (continued from C.25)

CWAA papers 12: Submission of Evidence (continued from C.26)

CWAA papers 12: Submission of Evidence (continued from C.27)

CWAA papers 12: Submission of Evidence (continued from C.28)

CWAA papers 12: Submission of Evidence (continued from C.29)

CWAA Papers 12: Submission of Evidence (continued from C.30). Evidence of personal cases 1971.

CWAA Papers: 13. Proposed study of abortion patients, Ann Cartwright; 14. Notes by Secretariat for oral evidence; 15. Submission of evidence.

CWAA Papers 15: Submission of evidence (continued from C.32)

CWAA Papers 15: Submission of evidence (continued from C.33)

CWAA Papers 15: Submission of evidence (continued from C.34)

CWAA Papers 15: Submission of evidence (continued from C.35)

CWAA Papers 15: Submission of evidence continued from C.36)

CWAA Papers 15: Submission of evidence (continued from C.37). Evidence of personal cases 1971-1972.

CWAA Papers 19: Submission of evidence

CWAA Papers 19: Submission of evidence (continued from C.40)

CWAA Papers 19 (continued from C.41): Evidence of personal cases 1971-1972

CWAA Papers: 20. Oral evidence: some questions; 21. Analysis of questionnaires to nursing homes (see also Subcommittee 4: Private Sector) (see SA/ALR/C.15); 22. Analysis of questionnaires to Pregnancy Advisory Bureaux

CWAA Papers 23: Submission of evidence

CWAA Papers 23: Submission of evidence (continued from C.44). Evidence of personal cases 1972.

CWAA Papers: 24.Questions for oral evidence and programme of oral evidence; 25. Submission of Evidence

CWAA Papers 25: Submission of evidence. Evidence of personal cases 1972.

CWAA Papers: 26. Oral evidence:  some questions for witnesses; 27. Draft agenda for meeting and index of topics for discussion; 28. Session on research and statistics

CWAA Papers 29: Submission of evidence.

CWAA Papers 29: Submission of evidence (continued from C.49). Evidence of personal cases 1972

CWAA  Papers: 30-35, 37

CWAA Paper 38: Submission of evidence

CWAA Papers 38: Submission of evidence (continued from C.52)

CWAA Papers 38: Submission of evidence (continued from C.53). Evidence of personal cases 1972

CWAA Papers: 39-47

CWAA Papers 48: Survey of Abortion Patients (Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care (Cartwright))

CWAA Papers 49: Extracts from Parliamentary Debates 1966 and 1967

CWAA Papers: 50. Recommendations by NHS Groups to the Committee (see also CWAA 69); 51. Treaty of Rome and a residential qualification; 52. Illegal Abortions (and see 62); 53. Illegal Abortions, data from HIPE; 54. Notes and comments on abortions in women of social classes IV and V; 55. Menstrual aspiration: correspondence and memos; 56. Psychiatric aspects of legalised abortion; 57. Preliminary report by Dr Rothman and in the USA about the control of pregnancy advisory bureaux; 58. Oral evidence: some questions for witnesses; 59. Submission of evidence

CWAA Papers 59: Submission of evidence (continued from C.58). Evidence of personal cases 1972

CWAA Papers: 60. Paper by Dr Pereira Gray on After Care and Research; 61. The referral system; 62. Illegal abortion: paper by the Secretaries (and see 52, 53); 63. Menstrual aspirations, National Women's Health Coalition; 64. Submission of evidence

CWAA Papers 64: Submission of evidence (continued from C.60)

CWAA Papers 64: Submission of evidence (continued from C.61). Evidence of personal cases 1972-1973

CWAA Papers: (65.-66. see C.116); 67. Late termination: note by Secretariat; 68. Pilot Projects, with alternative draft by Miss Barnes; 69. Expansion of CWAA 50 - contractual arrangements by Dr Rue; 70. Pregnancy Testing; 71. Recommendations to Committee from Group on pregnancy advice bureaux; 72. Report from Group on Pregnancy in the under 16-year old; 73. Disposal of Fetuses and Fetal Material obtained at abortion (see also CWAA 38/24); 74. Report of analysis of form concerning individual patients, (second draft): form D of CWAA questionnaire to hospitals; 75. Chapter 6: Process (first draft)

CWAA Papers: 76. Chapter 9: Opinions (first draft); 77. Chapter 5: Medical Aspects (first draft), (78.-79. see C.117)

CWAA Papers: 80. Uterine evacuation before diagnosis of pregnancy, comments on draft; 81. Provision of contraceptives to children under age of consent without parental knowledge; 82. Children in care and termination of pregnancy; (83. see C.117); 84. Summary of patients' experiences; 85. Contraception and sterilisation, paper by Secretariat; 86. Women resident abroad coming for abortion, paper by Secretariat, (87. see C.117)

CWAA Papers: 88. Education of the public, paper by Miss Rasbach and Miss Gutteridge; 89. Abortion notification projections, with graphs

CWAA Papers: 90. Summary of patients' experience; 91. Analysis of members' comments on 1st draft of introduction; 92. Section E, Methods of Abortion (Second Draft); (93. see C.117); 94. Effects of failure to obtain abortion; 95. Comments of members and Secretariat on draft Chapter 8 - Who Should Decide?; (96. see C.117); 97. Implications of the Act for nurses and midwives, paper by Miss Worsley and Miss Munro; 98. The role of the general practitioner, Dr Pereira Gray; (99.-100. see C.117); 101. Procedure by which a woman obtains legal abortion; 102. Outline draft of CWAA statistical appendix, Chapter 10; (103.  see C.118); 104. Legal position in Scotland

CWAA Papers 105: Submission of evidence

CWAA Papers 9, 10, 13, 20: Submission of  Evidence (continued from C.68). Evidence of personal cases 1973

CWAA Papers: 106. Comments of members and Secretariat on draft Chapter 1: Criteria for abortion; 107. Historical and International Appendix; 108. The Pregnancy Advisory and Medical Trust: note by Secretariat; 109. Index of written evidence (several); 110. Comments by members and Secretariat on draft Section K - Upper limit of abortion; (111.-113. see C.119); (114. missing); (115.-116. see C.119)

CWAA Papers: 117. Note on injuries to unborn children; (118. see 119); 119. Submission of evidence

CWAA Papers 119: Submission of evidence (continued from c.71). Evidence of personal cases 1973

CWAA Papers: 120. Women resident abroad coming for abortion, note by Secretariat; 121. Day care services for early abortions; 122. The gynaecologist and abortion; (123. see C.121); 124. Letter from Dr Batchelor, University of Dundee, commenting on paper 'Suicide Attempts in a Population Pregnant as Teenagers'; (125. missing); 126. Letter from R.D. Ireland, suggesting amendments to paper K, 127. Sex education in British Schools, with other papers on the subject, (128.-131. see C.121); 132. Women resident abroad coming for abortion, note by Secretariat; (133. see C.121); 134. Contraception including sterilisation, comments on draft sections

CWAA Papers: 135. Comments on Section G by Mrs Cheetham; 136. Outcome of unwanted pregnancies by Emery and Lavin, comments on paper from Stuart Lord; (137. see C.121); 138. Implications of the Abortion Act for Nurses and Midwives; (139. missing); (140.-141. see C.121); 142. Section H, 3rd and final draft - Who Should Decide?; 143. Comments on draft sections; (144. missing); (145.-147. see C.121); (148. missing); (149.-150. see C.121); 151. Comments on main report, Section E; (152. see C.121); 153. Section B, criticism; 154. Comments on main report; (155. missing); 156. Information about CWAA Report, draft press hand out

CWAA Papers: 16. Analysis of hospital questionnaires, notes and correspondence; 17. Survey of abortion patients, Ann Cartwright; 18. Notes on oral evidence: Medical Protection Societies.

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