Apr162021 Planned Parenthood announces new clergy advocacy board members, many from red states‘As a clergyperson who discovered my call to ministry within a Planned Parenthood, it was a no-brainer,’ said the Rev. Katey Zeh, who heads the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Mar252021 Civia Tamarkin: The U.S. Is “On the Road to Gilead.” Here’s How We Turn BackFilmmaker Civia Tamarkin discusses anti-choice movement’s legislative strategy in Arizona, references RCRC Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson’s testimony on fetal personhood bills. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Jan252021 The Struggle for Religious Freedom — From Thomas Jefferson to Black Lives MatterRCRC’s Rev. Cari Jackson reflects on the true meaning of religious freedom and conscience. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Jan42021 How Raphael Warnock Came to Be an Abortion-Rights OutlierAn overview of the political anti-abortion movement in the U.S. and its relationship to religion in the last few decades. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Dec192020 Rev. Warnock Blasted for Being a ’Pro-Choice Pastor,’ but His Position Isn’t UncommonRev. Dr. Cari Jackson speaks to the truth of pro-choice people of faith. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Dec112020 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. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Nov162020 Abortion Haven: Illinois Before and After Roe v. WadeLuAnn Atkins speaks to her experiences establishing an early chapter of RCRC in Springfield, IL in 1971. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Oct292020 Coney Barrett Confirmation Stirs ‘Sleeping Giant’ Pro-Choice Religious CommunityRev. 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. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Aug312020 More Than 300 Faith Leaders Call on Trump, Republican Delegates to Change Immigration PoliciesRCRC and others join letter to decry the detention of migrant children and the separation of migrant families under Trump. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Aug112020 Abortion Rights’ Groups Energized by Supreme Court RulingRev. Dr. Cari Jackson comments on the Trump v Pennsylvania ruling and how it upholds one set of religious beliefs at the expense of others. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Aug102020 State Dept. Commission Cites Religious Freedom as ‘Foremost’ Among RightsRCRC joins statement in response to misuse of “religious freedom”. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Jul262020 These Evangelical Women Are Abandoning Trump and Their ChurchesElaina Ramsey (RCRC Ohio) shares her experience with evangelism, toxic “purity” culture, and leaving the faith. Leave a commentNews Coverage
Jul142020 Supreme Court Rules for Religious Right, Against Health CareRCRC is quoted condemning the Court’s decision and the misuse of “religious freedom” as a tool of oppression. Leave a commentNews Coverage
May282020 Trump Administration Rolling Back Health Care Discrimination Protections During COVID-19 CrisisSue Ellen Braunlin comments on the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of religious exemptions from the ACA birth control benefit. Leave a commentNews Coverage
May222020 Faith Groups React to Claims Famed Anti-abortion Activist Was Paid to Switch SidesRCRC comments on the anti-abortion movement’s exploitation of Norma McCorvey. Leave a commentNews Coverage
