How Did the C S Know That the Doctors They Worked With Were Trustworthy?

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Reverend hare fought the indictment for years, all the way up to the state supreme court. The case was eventually dismissed. How did the c c s know that the doctors they were working with were trustworthy? They would send female members of the c cs or their assistants, to pose as pregnant women,. and interview and investigate the doctors.

In 1967, a very unlikely group of individuals gathered to quietly break the law and help facilitate abortions. They established a phone number. When you called it, 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 people access safe abortions in a time before it was legal. We first aired our conversations with some of them in 2017. And after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year, we decided to call some of them back.

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