To Offer Compassion: A History of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion

by Patricia A Relf, Doris Andrea Dirks, Patricia Relf

Book Overview

In 1967, when abortion was either illegal or highly restricted in every U.S. state, a group of ministers and rabbis founded the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (CSS) to counsel women with unwanted pregnancies-including referral to licensed physicians willing to perform the procedure. By the time Roe v. Wade made abortion legal nationwide in 1973, CCS had grown into a surprisingly outspoken national medical consumer and women's rights...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299311309
• ISBN13: 9780299311308
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"