Category Archives: News Coverage

The Struggle for Religious Freedom — From Thomas Jefferson to Black Lives Matter

RCRC’s Rev. Cari Jackson reflects on the true meaning of religious freedom and conscience.

We Can’t Have Religious Freedom Without Reproductive Freedom

Joint op-ed with RCRC and Frederick Clarkson of Political Research Associates.

How Raphael Warnock Came to Be an Abortion-Rights Outlier

An overview of the political anti-abortion movement in the U.S. and its relationship to religion in the last few decades.

Rev. Warnock Blasted for Being a ’Pro-Choice Pastor,’ but His Position Isn’t Uncommon

Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson speaks to the truth of pro-choice people of faith.

Biden Is a Pro-Choice Catholic. Will He Expand Reproductive Health Care?

Rev. Katey Zeh comments on the hopes of what a Biden-Harris administration can do for the state of reproductive health, rights, and justice.

Abortion Haven: Illinois Before and After Roe v. Wade

LuAnn Atkins speaks to her experiences establishing an early chapter of RCRC in Springfield, IL in 1971.

Coney Barrett Confirmation Stirs ‘Sleeping Giant’ Pro-Choice Religious Community

Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson speaks to the misrepresentation of the religious community re: reproductive choice, and the history that clergy has played in helping people access abortion.

More Than 300 Faith Leaders Call on Trump, Republican Delegates to Change Immigration Policies

RCRC and others join letter to decry the detention of migrant children and the separation of migrant families under Trump.

Denying Abortion Coverage Is Not a Religious Value

RCRC, the National Council of Jewish Women, and Catholics for Choice assert that people of faith support choice, and call on Congress to end the Hyde Amendment in this joint op-ed.

Abortion Rights’ Groups Energized by Supreme Court Ruling

Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson comments on the Trump v Pennsylvania ruling and how it upholds one set of religious beliefs at the expense of others.