Abstract
The final struggle to bring family planning into the National Health Service led to parliamentary drama with a constitutional crisis being only narrowly averted. The decisive opportunity to make the provision of birth control a statutory duty came when legislation was sought to reorganise the whole NHS structure. Throughout, disagreement centred on whether contraception should be provided ‘free’.
Keywords
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
G. Morris, Overpopulation: Everyone’s Baby (London: Priory Press, 1973) pp. 171–2; D. Cossey, personal interview, 30 October 1974.
Birth Control Campaign, Bulletin, 1 (1972) p. 1.
Hansard (Commons), 829 (21 January 1972) cols. 826–905.
A. Service, personal interview, 17 December 1974.
Hansard (Commons), 833 (24 March 1972) cols. 1876–1947; 834 (14 April 1972) cols. 1580–90; Hansard (Lords), 330 (1 May 1972) cols. 582–626; 330 (16 May 1972) cols. 1291–1305; 331 (6 June 1972) cols. 271–8; 331 (12 June 1972) col. 589.
Hansard (Commons), 838 (16 June 1972) cols. 2051–88.
Hansard (Commons), 843 (19 October 1972) cols. 450, 456–7; 843 (24 October 1972) cols. 944–6.
DHSS, ‘Vasectomy’, Circular 44/72 (London, 8 November 1972).
Birth Control Campaign, Bulletin, I (1972) p. 1; A. Service, personal interview, 17 December 1974.
Ibid.
‘Family Planning as Preventive Medicine’, Medical Gynaecology and Sociology, 6, 1 (1971) p. 5.
Hansard (Commons), 834 (11 April 1972) cols. 1011–12.
Ibid.; Hansard (Commons), 835 (24 April 1972) col. 188; 843 (24 October 1972) col. 232.
Hansard (Commons), 848 (12 December 1972) cols. 234–5.
Ibid., cols. 235–40.
‘Free birth control for some’, Guardian, 13 December 1972.
BMJ, 4 (1972) p. 688.
‘How free should the pill be?’. Sunday Telegraph, 17 December 1972.
Hansard (Lords), 337 (4 December 1972) cols. 8–316.
Hansard (Lords), 337 (19 December 1972) cols. 950–69, 987–1014.
‘Prevention is better than abortion’, The Times, 21 December 1972.
National Opinion Polls, Population and Birth Control (London: National Opinion Polls Ltd., 1973) p. 7.
FPA, NEC Minutes, 25 January 1973, NEC 3A/73.
Ibid.; Sir K. Joseph, letter to Lady Tewson, FPA Chairman, FPA files (December 1972).
FPA, Director’s Report, April/May 1973, 73/97.
Hansard (Lords), 338 (12 February 1973) cols. 1284–1358.
A. Service, personal interview, 17 December 1974.
Dr T. Stuttaford, personal interview, 12 November 1974; Sir G. Sinclair, personal interview, 16 December 1974.
D. Cossey, personal interview, 30 October 1974; A. Service, personal interview, 17 December 1974.
Sir G. Sinclair, personal interview, 16 December 1974.
A. Service, personal interview, 17 December 1974.
Hansard (Commons), 853 (26 March 1973) col. 936.
Ibid. col. 938.
Birth Control Campaign, The Benefits of Birth Control: Aberdeen’s Experience 1946–1970 (London: Birth Control Campaign, 1973).
Report of the Population Panel, Cmnd 5258 (London: HMSO, 1973) p. 8.
Hansard (Commons), 853 (26 March 1973) cols. 938–9.
Ibid., cols. 939, 1025–6.
Ibid., cols. 1038–9, 975–6, 1032.
A. Service, personal interview, 17 December 1974.
Commons, National Health Service Reorganisation Bill (Lords), Standing Committee G (London: HMSO, 17 April 1973) cols. 249, 263–4, 297–310.
D. Cossey, personal interview, 30 October 1974; ‘Free Contraception and the NHS Reorganisation Bill’, Family Planning, 22, 3 (1973) p. 54.
Hansard (Commons), 857 (13 June 1973) cols. 1349–92.
D. Cossey, Family Planning, 22, 3 (1973) p. 54.
A. Service, personal interview, 17 December 1974.
Hansard (Lords), 343 (25 June 1973) cols. 1724–7.
Ibid., cols. 1739–40, 1760.
Hansard (Commons), 859 (2 July 1973) cols. 173–210.
Hansard (Lords), 344 (5 July 1973) cols. 387–423.
D. Cossey, p. 54.
D. Cossey, personal interview, 30 October 1974.
Hansard (Commons), 859 (2 July 1973) cols. 202.
Lancet, 2 (1973) p. 37.
Hansard (Lords), 343 (25 June 1973) cols. 1743–5.
Ibid.; Hansard (Commons), 853 (26 March 1973) cols. 975–6.
D. Cossey, personal interview, 30 October 1974.
The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972, Clause 8, included provision for family planning within the reorganised NHS.
DHSS, ‘Family Planning Service: Memorandum of Guidance’, Draft 4th Revision (London, 12 October 1973) p. 1.
F. Lafitte, This Matter of Breeding (Wootton Wawen: British Pregnancy Advisory Service, 1974) p. 5.
Copyright information
© 1980 Audrey Leathard
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Leathard, A. (1980). A Free Family Planning Service. In: The Fight for Family Planning. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04451-1_21
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04451-1_21
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-04453-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-04451-1
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies CollectionSocial Sciences (R0)