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15. A Sacred Calling

History in Focus

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The Importance of Reproductive Rights

In the mid-1960s, many women in the U.S. and Canada sought illegal abortions with increased risk of death. The Unitarian Universalists issued a path-breaking statement in 1963 describing abortion restrictions as an affront to human life and dignity. A minister at Curtis's Unitarian Church in Athens, Texas, shared his denomination's sense of urgency about the dangers facing thousands of abortion seekers.

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