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being organised by the Murdoch Guild women's department this Tueday evening.
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153)"><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Murdoch Guild Women's
Collective Film Screening:<BR>'Vera
Drake'<BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Vera
Drake is a selfless woman who is completely devoted to her working class family.
She spends her days doting on them and caring for her sick neighbor and elderly
mother. However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce
miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies. While the practice itself was illegal in
1950s England, Vera sees herself as simply helping women in need, and always
does so with a smile and kind words of encouragement. When the authorities
finally find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
</SPAN><BR><BR>With women constantly struggling for equality, even the rights
that we have previously won are coming under attack from the government. Just
last year with the debates around the 'abortion drug' RU486, abortion was
brought back on the government agenda again, with Health Minister Tony Abbott in
a speech to parliament implying that women who seek abortions are murderers. The
choice whether or not to have an abortion is personal, however the right to make
this choice is essential. The 'right to life' lobby argue that the rate of
abortion decreases when it is made illegal, however as the film <SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Vera Drake</SPAN> shows, the rate of abortion doesn't
decline, but abortions are conducted in unsafe conditions. The right to have
control over our own bodies is a very basic right, and a woman should have the
right to control her own destiny. <BR><BR>Come along to the film screening of
<SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Vera Drake</SPAN> to see the film, and have
some discussion about the right of women to have control over our own lives.
Everyone is welcome (women <SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">and</SPAN> men), however please be advised that the
film is rated M.<BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">When: </SPAN></SPAN>Tuesday, 24th of April. <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Time: </SPAN>5pm.<BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Where: </SPAN>ECL 3 lecture theatre.<BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Admission: </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>$3 concession/$5
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