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The '''Abortion Law Reform Association''' is a former [[advocacy]] organisation founed in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1936 by [[Janet Chance]], Alice Jenkins and Joan Malleson which promoted access to [[abortion in the United Kingdom]] It campaigned effectively after [[World War II]] for the elimination of legal obstacles to [[abortion]] and the peak of its work was the [[Abortion Act 1967]].

In Autumn, 2003, ALRA combined with the more radical pro-choice group, [[National Abortion Campaign]] (founded in the 1970s to defend the Abortion Act against pro-life efforts), to form [[Abortion Rights (organisaton)|Abortion Rights]].

''Abortion Law Reform Association'' may also refer to similar groups in other countries, such as the [[Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand]] (ALRANZ) founded in 1970.

==Position Statements==

Abortion Rights is a campaigning organisation and have issued three position statements:

Statement on late abortions. This advocates the legalisation of abortions up to full-term<ref>http://www.abortionrights.org.uk/images/flyer/AR%20PS%20Later%20abortions.pdf</ref>.

Statement on disability and abortion. This statement recognises the rights of disabled people<ref>http://www.abortionrights.org.uk/images/flyer/AR%20Position%20Statement-Disability%20pdf.pdf</ref>

Statement on sex-selection abortion. This advocated the decriminalisation of sex selective<ref>http://www.abortionrights.org.uk/images/flyer/Statement%20on%20sex-selection%20abortion.pdf</ref>

==External links==