The NAC is primarily a political lobbying group which campaigns to change the current law on abortion. It has repeatedly stated its commitment to abortion up to birth:
"NAC's policy is that there should be no legal or medical restrictions to the availability of abortion. This means we are opposed to any upper time limit on abortion."
Fiddy Jones, former NAC steering committee member.
The NAC would like to see:
· Abortion on demand and up until birth
· Abortions performed by staff other than fully qualified doctors
· No restrictions on embryo experimentation
"The National Abortion Campaign is not an advice service: it's not in our remit, and never has been. It is a campaigning group."
Janet Mearns, NAC Secretary 1998.
- For the NAC, affiliation to trade and student unions is an important way of obtaining funds and strengthening their campaign:
"It is always helpful to have people affiliated. It makes our campaign stronger."
Janet Mearns, 2000, quoted in TCS
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Most students would believe that human beings have inherent rights and dignity which should be protected regardless of external factors such as age, race, sex and wealth.
Despite this, students' money and campaigning efforts are being used to support the National Abortion Campaign (NAC) which rejects such principles. Supporters of NAC have been known to work to destroy the rights of student union members even to discuss the contentious issue of abortion.
The following are some details of NAC policy, supported from quotations from documents produced by the NAC and its supporters:
The Right To Life
NAC exists to deprive a category of human beings (unborn children) of the basic human right to life on which all other rights depend. It calls for "repeal of all laws relating to termination of pregnancy" and the introduction of a law under which "...the woman may request anyone she chooses (e.g. doctor, nurse, another woman) to perform the abortion."
(Quotations from the NAC conference resolution, cited in NAC's The Abortion Law We Want)
NAC demands that abortion on demand should be legal up until birth:
"NAC believes that there should be no legal or medical restrictions on abortions, and this includes time limits."
(Running Out Of Time - NAC booklet)
The Rights of the Disabled Unborn
NAC strongly supports eugenic abortion to kill the disabled before birth:
"...unless routine screening is offered to all women, and abortion is also offered where tests are positive, then abortion will not 'catch' all foetal abnormality."
(Ibid.)
Thus NAC welcomed the legislation introduced in 1990 of abortion up until birth to kill babies with disabilities (NAC letter to supporters, May 1990).