Clergy fight for abortion rights

Pro-choice clergy are speaking with state legislative leaders today in Albany, NY, about affordable primary health care for women and ways lawmakers can continue to safeguard "reproductive rights" in New York state. The Rev. Tom Davis of Saratoga Springs spoke at the event and was one of the early organizers of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, a religious coalition established in 1967 to help women find safe, but not illegal, abortions before and after the procedure was made legal in the state. Representatives from Family Planning Advocates of New York State, Concerned Clergy for Choice, and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice were represented. Legislative Gazette