Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) is an abortion rights organization founded in 1973[1] by clergy and lay leaders from mainline denominations and faith traditions to create an interfaith organization following Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the U.S. In 1993, the original name - the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR) - was changed to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.[2]

Leadership

  • President and CEO: The Reverend Harry F. Knox
  • Chair of the Board: The Reverend Dr. Alethea Smith-Withers, Pastor of the Pavilion of God (Baptist), Washington, DC
  • Chair of the Coalition Council, Kate Lannamann, J.D.

State affiliates

The state affiliates and state networks of the Religious Coalition are involved in advocacy, education, community service, and implementing RCRC programs such as Clergy for Choice, All Options Clergy Counseling, and Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom at the community and state level.[3]

  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Minnesota
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Wisconsin

Member organizations

Coalition Council Members:[4]

Reception

RCRC is criticized as advancing a "theology of choice" in Holy Abortion, a 2003 book co-authored by United Methodist Michael J. Gorman, a professor at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland.[5]

See also

References

  1. Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice website, rcrc.org
  2. RCRC website "About" section, "History"
  3. RCRC website "About" section, "Affiliates"
  4. Coalition Council/ Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, "Coalition Council" Accessdate = 2013-10-25
  5. Gorman, Michael J. and Brooks, Ann Loar, Holy Abortion, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, 2003, 92pp.
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