James White (Scottish politician)

For other people named James White, see James White (disambiguation).

James White (10 April 1922, Glasgow – 19 February 2009) was a British Labour Party politician.[1][2] White was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Pollok from the 1970 general election to the 1987 general election, when he retired. He served in the Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery during World War II. White was solidly anti-abortion and devoted many efforts to limiting it; for example, sponsoring legislation to tighten the restrictions on the Abortion Act 1967.[1][2]

In 1970 White was elected to the House of Commons for Glasgow Pollok, defeating the Conservative incumbent MP Esmond Wright who had won the seat at a 1967 by-election. In 1975 White introduced a bill in Parliament, the Abortion Amendment Bill, to make abortion more difficult to access.[3] A demonstration was arranged to protest at his proposed restriction to the then legal access to abortion. This demonstration led to the formation of National Abortion Campaign[4] to advocate in favour of abortion rights.

He died on 19 February 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b Dalyell, Tam (24 February 2009). "James White: MP who sponsored the 1975 Abortion Amendment Bill". The Independent. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Obituaries: James White". The Daily Telegraph. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ "James White". The Daily Telegraph. 26 February 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ "National Abortion Campaign archives now available". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 20 December 2017.


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