Collection 1: Women's Abortion Action Campaign records, 1970-1998

MLMSS 8987
FM2/2103

sub-fonds

1970-1998

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

423710

5.94 metres of textual material, 6 photographs and 8 negatives (36 boxes)

Women's Abortion Action Campaign (WAAC) was an early women's liberation organisation which originally operated an abortion clinic until operational costs forced its closure.

Women's Abortion Action Campaign (WAAC) records, including the campaign highlighting the risks of Depo Provera as an injected contraceptive for women.

Box 1: RESTRICTED
Correspondence and other publications, 1972-1978

Box 2: RESTRICTED
Correspondence and other publications, 1979-1983

Box 3: RESTRICTED
Correspondence and other publications, 1984-1987

Box 4: RESTRICTED
Correspondence and other publications, 1988-1989

Box 5: RESTRICTED
Correspondence and other publications, 1990-1992

Box 6: RESTRICTED
Correspondence and other publications, 1993-1997

Box 7:
Family Planning and Legislation, 1988-1994:
Harradine Abortion Funding Abolition Bill 1989, including petitions
Webster Abortion Funding Abolition Bill, August 1989
Yeoman's Procurement of Miscarriage Limitation Bill, November 1989
Fred Nile's Procurement of Miscarriage Limitation Bill, 1991
ANU Foetal Rights Inquiry, 1993
Newman Judgement in Medical Negligence Case, April 1994

Box 8:
Australian abortion rights and women’s health organisations:
Abortion Providers Federation of Australasia (APFA)
Abortion Rights Coalition (ARC)
Children by Choice Brisbane
Abortion Law Repeal Association New South Wales
Abortion Law Reform Association
Campaign for Legal Abortion
Campaign for Free Birth Control and Abortion
Abortion Rights Network of Australia (ARNA)

Box 9:
Australian abortion rights and women's health organisations:
Family Planning Association
Abortion Law Repeal Association of Western Australia
Freedom to Choose (Victoria)
Australian anti-abortion organisations - contact lists
Australian anti-abortion organisations including TFP (Tradition, Family, Property), Festival of Light, Call to Australia Party, Right to Life

Box 10:
Women’s health organisations and newsletters:
Women's Abortion Action Campaign History, 1972-1981
Children By Choice Association Newsletters, 1991-1992
Moral Majority (Inc.) stickers and anti-abortion stickers, ca. 1980's
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights Newsletter, 1985-1989
National Feminist Network on Reproductive Technology Newsletter, March 1985-January 1986
Medical Consumers Association of N.S.W. Newsletter 1989-1992
Consumers' Health Forum of Australia Charter of Consumer Health Rights

Box 11:
Public Hospitals (Conscientious Objection) Bill 1993 (No.2)
WAAC Repeal Campaign, 1991-1992 (NSW)
IPAS, 1992-1993
Australian Health Ethics Committee 1993
Student Movement Documentaries, 1978-1979
ALRA (Association for the legal right to abortion Inc.) News (WA) 1992
WAAC/Abortion Rights Network of Australia (ARNA) Ideas, 1993
WAAC Posters for public meeting held 26 September 1996
Press Clippings 1993

Boxes 12-13:
Miscellaneous Sexual Health articles. Includes information on contraception, HIV/AIDS, incest, breast cancer, hormone therapy, Aboriginal women and health, breastfeeding, the Pill, Methadone, Endometriosis, Dalkon Shield, Amniocentisis, Cervical Cancer, Sterilisation, RU486, Depo Provera, Surrogacy, Rape, Smoking

Box 14
Abortion, Foetal Rights, Women's Abortion Action Campaign health information, discussion papers, conferences and workshops; Women's Health Policy Review Committee 1984; election surveys and surveys on abortion

Box 15
Women's Abortion Action Campaign regional and interstate offices, newsletters, correspondence and finance

Boxes 16-18
Various publications and discussion papers on In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and Reproductive Technologies, 1984-1990

Box 19
Women’s Abortion Action Campaign Community Employment Program Submission and Correspondence, 1983-1993
Grant Applications 1974-1994
Church Policies on Abortion 1992
Australian Health Legislation 1988-1989
Letters, endorsements from politicians, 1989
Planning Papers and Proceedings of Conferences and non-WAAC Meetings 1982-1989
Non-WAAC Conferences 1975-1990

Box 20
Non-WAAC Conferences, 1983-1988
Consumers' Health Forum of Australia, 1987-1994 [2 folders]
Women in Industry and Community Health, 1983-1994 [2 folders]

Box 21
'Broadsheet' - New Zealand’s feminist magazine, June 1976-July 1990 [missing issues]

Box 22
International Abortion Rights and Women’s Health Organisations 1972-1994:
Women’s National Abortion Action Campaign (WONAAC) New Zealand, 1972-1989
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), 1972-1991
Choisir (France), 1973-1978
Women’s Global Network on Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), 1986-1993
ISIS Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange, 1987-1994
'Health Forum' - Newsletter of the Consumers' Health Forum of Australia, 1987-1992

Box 23
International Abortion Rights and Women’s Health Organisations, 1970-1991:
Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering (FINRRAGE)
Miscellaneous Abortion Rights and Women's Health Organisations, U.S.A., 1973-1991
National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), 1970-1981
Catholics for a Free Choice, U.S.A. 1981-1987
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, 1987-1989
Scottish Abortion Campaign, 1986-1990
Women's National Abortion Action Coalition (WONAAC), New York, U.S.A., 1972-1974

Six photographs of the Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, New Zealand, 19 September 1975

Box 24
International Abortion Rights and Women’s Health Organisations, 1972-1990
National Abortion Campaign U.K., 1975-1990
International Contraception, Abortion and Sterilisation Campaign, London, England, 1975-1983 [2 folders]
Miscellaneous Abortion Rights and Women’s Health Organisations, U.K., 1972-1987
Abortion in Japan, 1982-1983
Abortion in the U.S. 1989
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights, International Conference, India, 1993 and International Day of Action for Women's Health, 28 May 1993
International Anti-Abortion Organisation: Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue, U.S.A., 1980-1989

Box 25
'Right to Choose' Women’s Health Action Magazine - subscription agencies, subscription request, invoices, receipts and correspondence, 1973-1993

Box 26
Right to Choose Women’s Health Action Magazine: copy and corrections [2 folders]
Women’s National Abortion Action Campaign Newsletter 1975-1988 [2 folders]
Miscellaneous Women's Health and Feminist Newsletters, 1990-1992

Box 27
ISIS International - Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network:
Women’s Health Journal (Journal Nos. 1-7 and 11-12) 1987-1989 [missing issues]
Women’s News Service 1975-1978 [missing issues]
Women’s Department News 1977-1984 [missing issues]
ISIS International - Women in Action 1987-1989 [missing issues]

Boxes 28-31
Anti Depo-Provera Campaign:
Anti Depo-Provera Campaign: Working Party and references, 1975-1983
Submission Papers to the Public Hearing on Depo-Provera, 25 April 1983
A Comprehensive Review of Injectable Contraception with Special Emphasis on Depo-Provera, Ian Fraser & Edith Weisberg, June 1980
Unwanted Pregnancy, 1971-1981

Box 32
Abortion History:
Abortion history, Australia, 1981-1982
Abortion history, U.S.A., 1970-1981
Abortion history, U.K. and Spain, 1980-1982
Abortion Rights Coalition (N.S.W.), 1986-1989
Women’s Abortion Action Campaign Publications (Jeanne Rudd’s collection), 1972-1989
Women’s Abortion Action Campaign, 1981-1989

Box 33
Abortion History:
Women’s Abortion Action Campaign Conference - June 1975
Abortion Information, 1972-1979
Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1980-1988
Women and the Arts - Writing, Language and Films, 1972-1982

Box 34
Sexual Health miscellaneous newsletters and articles 1971-1989
Includes information on physical disability and sexuality; follow-up on survey of women using herbs to cause abortion; Women against Gene Technology and Reproductive Technologies; Intrauterine Devices (IUDs); Lesbianism; Maternal and Child Health; Menopause; newspaper articles on health issues in The National Citizen, The Independent, The Radical and The Tribune, 1975-1976; the Pill and Women’s Health and Nutrition

Box 35
Sexual Health miscellaneous newsletters and articles 1971-1993
Includes information on the health industry, sterilisation, feminism and sexuality, 'Right to Life' literature, contraception, unplanned pregnancy and breast cancer

Box 36
Abortion Research, 1972-1980
Family Planning and Law, 1972-1985
Family Planning and Sex Education, 1974-1984
Despatch - newsletter of Des Action, 1980-1989

FM2/2103
Eight unidentified negatives of women marching. Original envelope containing negatives marked 'NZ Conference'

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