Abortion counseling and social change : from illegal act to medical practice : the story of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion
Arlene Carmen (Author), Howard Moody (Author), Judson Press (Publisher)
"This book describes the work of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, which aided women seeking safe, secure, and low-cost abortions long before they were legally available anywhere in the United States. During their years of involvement in this special ministry, the clergy have been educating themselves about what is needed to change the law. With the liberalization of the New York State abortion law, a new set of problems emerged. In the absence of a medical delivery system geared to provide low-cost, quality abortions, clergy counselors quickly moved to fill the vacuum. In the process they challenged the hospital bureaucracy, which could not handle the volume of patients seeking abortions but which nevertheless insisted that it alone was competent to do so. The clergy found that changing the law is simple compared with the complexity of implementing it and making the change meaningful. This book has far-reaching implications for all areas of social reform. The authors have included an extensive discussion of the lessons they learned which might be valuable guides for all persons interested in social change" -- Page 4 of book
Print Book, English, 1973
Judson Press, Valley Forge, [Pennsylvania], 1973