Compassionate Care

RCRC's Compassionate Care Training

Every day someone makes a decision about their reproductive life.

Every day someone grieves from a reproductive loss.

RCRC trains clergy and other professionals to provide judgement-free emotional and spiritual support at these times. And we’ve done so since 1984.

Providing compassionate care has long been part of RCRC. In fact, it was the central purpose of our forerunner, the pre-Roe v. Wade Clergy Consultation Service .

To find out more about upcoming trainings in your area, contact us.

Reactions of Recent Participants

This was the best gift I have received in a long time — and is applicable to all of my work as an advocate.

I learned that support of reproductive health is a needed narrative that I was not supporting. I will now!

Compassionate Care for Reproductive Decisions and Loss is our one-and-a-half day skill-building program led by experienced spiritual care leaders, ordained and not ordained.

Designed for interfaith clergy and other helping professionals, religious or secular – nurses, physicians, doulas, social workers, and others including abortion clinic volunteers

Offers a safe forum to explore complex reproductive issues
Strengthens the ability of helping professionals to accompany others through multilayered situations
Provides practice through role-playing real-life situations
Prepares for leading congregations and communities to become more effective advocates for reproductive freedom

RCRC’s Clergy and Laypeople Proudly Support:

Access

Access to comprehensive sexuality education

Planning

Family planning and contraception

Affordability

Affordable child care and health care

Adoption

Support for and access to adoption services

Abortion

Safe, legal abortion services, regardless of income or circumstance