Law for the Rich

a plea for the reform of the abortion law

in English, 96 pages,
Gollancz, 1960
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Excerpted from a review by R.F. Tredgold, circa 1960:
As Dr. Glanville Williams says in the foreword, this book is the story of a “pressure group” – an unpleasant term perhaps, but one which could well have been applied to the pioneers of many reforms. This is, of course, the Abortion Law Reform Association. Mrs. Jenkins is well fitted to describe it, for she was a co-foundress, and she has been actively concerned for 34 years; and her account is vivid and stimulating. The method of approach is, however, more to recount a series of anecdotes – very telling ones – than to present a reasoned plea to the intelligence. This comes from the foreword, which Dr. Glanville Williams provides with his usual clarity and vigour. There are three valuable appendices – on the law as it stands, a draft of a new bill, and a memorandum presented to the Interdepartmental Committee on Abortion.