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Before the 19 seventies, it was very hard to get a legal abortion in this country. Wealthy women would leave the country and fly to japan, where abortion was legal. Some tried to induce a miscarriage on their own. Reverend barbara gerloc is talking about a friend who got an underground abortion in new york city. Starting this fall, we're going to be bringing you this is love more often. Look for new episodes of that show twice a month.

In 1967, a very unlikely group of individuals gathered to help women quietly break the law and obtain an abortion. The first step was to call a phone number. A recording of a woman's voice would tell you what to do next.

Who was behind this number? The Clergy Consultation Service, an underground network of ministers and rabbis who wanted to help women access safe abortions. Today, they call themselves the Religious Consultation for Reproductive Choice.

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