Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: [James] Gregor Mackenzie on his opposition to the bill; [Cardinal (George) Basil Hume], Archbishop of Westminster; Lord Rawlinson of Ewell on sponsoring the bill (3); Professor Malcolm Macnaughton, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, on restrictions in IVF treatment in the bill; Norman St John-Stevas [later Lord St John of Fawsley] (2); Sir Ian Percival [Chairman of the Conservative Party Legal Committee]; Godfrey Carter, former Parliamentary Counsel, on drafting the bill (4); David Poole [Chairman, Association of Lawyers for the Defence of the Unborn] (4); O R Johnston, Director of CARE (Christian Action, Research and Education) Campaigns (4); Leon Brittan, Home Secretary; Douglas Millar, Clerk in charge of Private Members’ Bills; Gerard Wright; Phyllis Bowman, National Director, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (5); Sir Bernard Braine [Chairman, All-party Pro Life Committee] (2).

Also includes: CARE report on the Parliamentary briefing for the bill; extracts from Hansard covering debates on the bill; memorandum by Gerard Wright on reasons for supporting the bill and amendments to it; explanatory memoranda on the bill; drafts of the bill; memorandum by David Poole on IVF legislation; Home Office note on penalty provisions in the bill; Department of Health and Social Security note on drafting the bill; extracts from Hansard covering the debate on the Warnock Report into Human Fertilisation and Embryology.