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Reproductive Rights, Religion, & the Bill of Rights @SYRF Machon Kaplan Internship Program July 2009 @SYRF Machon Kaplan Internship Program July 2009
Reproductive Rights,Religion,
& the Bill of Rights
@SYRF Machon Kaplan Internship Program July 2009@SYRF Machon Kaplan Internship Program July 2009
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Reproductive Rights and the Bill of Rights
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(former RAC staff…)
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IntroductionsEmily Goodstein
Director, Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom
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Please share your…NameOrganizationSchoolFavorite thing
about your home town…
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Reproductive What?RIGHTS …HEALTH…JUSTICELegalized abortion through Roe vs Wade
“Save the Bay” campaign
Full range of reproductive services offered at a clinic
Volunteer work through HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive)
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Bill of Rights Introductions
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Reproductive rights decisions are based on the idea of PRIVACY…
Ex 1: Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Justice Douglas used the term “penumbra” to explain the spirit of privacy in the Bill of Rights (“guaranteed
by implication” or “the implied powers of a rule”).
Ex 2: Roe v. Wade (1973)
Clergy Consultation Service Pro-choice clergy in New York begin to
organize in 1967 1,400 members throughout the nation join
in one year
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Formation of the Religious Coalition on Abortion Rights in 1973
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What's in a name?1973: Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR)
pronounced “R-car”
1993: RCAR broadens its mission and changed its name to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)
2001: RCRC starts Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) program
Pronounced “surf”
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RCRC Members Include
United Methodist Board of
Church and Society
Union for Reform Judaism
Catholics for Choice
Unitarian Universalist Association
Others…
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RCRC’s Mission
The preservation of reproductive justice through a faith positive lens.
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RCRC’s Programs IncludeInterfaith Outreach
Clergy for ChoiceSeminarians for Choice
Multi-Cultural ProgramsLa Iniciativa LatinaBlack Church
InitiativeSpiritual Youth for
Reproductive FreedomPublic Policy
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