‘We’re not backing down’: The Texas church fighting for abortion rights
by Mary Tuma in Austin from on (#5T7H2)
In the face of a draconian abortion ban in effect for more than three months, the mission has only grown stronger for a progressive congregation
In the late 60s, the burgeoning movement to legalize US abortion state by state found an unlikely yet loyal ally - a contingent of women at the First Unitarian Universalist church in Dallas, Texas.
In lieu of knitting sessions and bake sales, the church's Women's Alliance advocated for abortion rights and even had a hand in legally supporting Roe v Wade, the pivotal US supreme court case that protects abortion care in the US as a constitutional right.
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