Catalogue Number
NMLH.2023.83
Object Name
Poster
Title
Women: stop MP's ripping up your right
Date
1972-1982
Description
The Poster Collective was a collective formed in 1971 at the Slade School of Art,  a group formed to initially produce posters in response to the miners strike and on the wars in both Vietnam and Ireland. It was formed on the basis of developing a coherent visual style, which addressed the political issues of the time. This included the armed struggles against colonialism in Africa, the struggle of women for equal rights and the continuing struggle against racism. The collective was active in the 70's and 80's, producing posters on a wide range of issues, including for educational purposes. The group was not-for-profit and used a variety of hand-printing techniques to create their posters. This is a landscape A3 poster; the main image is printed in black, with red and white text. The red text on the poster reads "Women: stop mp's ripping up your right to abortion." The image portraus a man in a suit and tie, from the neckdown ripping up the 1967 Abortion Act. The printing technique
is lithograph. The white text, over the black suit jacket reads, "stop them restricting abortion facilities; intimidating doctors; attacking the charitable abortion services; reducing the limit for abortion from 28 to 20 weeks while hindering access to early terminations; opening patients records to the police; encouraging malicious prosecutions of doctors. Stop them ignoring our needs. write now to your local MP and to health minister David Ennals, campaign amongst your friends, neighbourhoods, co-workers and trade unionists." This bottom of the poster says "make Abortion a woman's right to choose. National Abortion Campaign, 30 Camden Rd. NW1 014854303." This poster was originally produced by the National Abortion Campaign and is pro-choice in its stance. There is a sticker on the back of the poster which says "Designed and printed by the poster-film collectice. Circa 1970-80s.'
