The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) was founded in 1973 by clergy and lay leaders from mainline denominations and faith traditions to create an interfaith organization following the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the U.S. In 1993, the original name - the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR) - was changed to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
President and CEO: The Reverend Harry F. KnoxChair of the Board: The Reverend Dr. Alethea Smith-Withers, Pastor of the Pavilion of God (Baptist), Washington, DCChair of the Coalition Council, Kate Lannamann, J.D.The state affiliates and state networks of the Religious Coalition are involved in advocacy, education, community service, and implementing RCRC programs such as Clergy for Choice, All Options Clergy Counseling, and Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom at the community and state level.
CaliforniaColorado websiteConnecticut websiteIllinois websiteIndiana websiteKentucky websiteMinnesota websiteNew Mexico websiteOhio websiteOklahoma websiteWisconsin websiteCoalition Council Members:
Rabbinical AssemblyUnited Synagogue of Conservative JudaismWomen's League for Conservative JudaismThe Episcopal ChurchAmerican Ethical Union National Service ConferenceSociety for Humanistic JudaismPresbyterians Affirming Reproductive Options (PARO) of the Presbyterian Church (USA)Jewish Reconstructionist FederationReconstructionist Rabbinical AssociationCentral Conference of American RabbisNorth American Federation of Temple YouthWomen of Reform Judaism, The Federation of Temple SisterhoodsWomen's Rabbinic Network of Central Conference of American RabbisThe United Church of ChristUnitarian Universalist AssociationUnitarian Universalist Women's Federation websiteYoung Religious Unitarian UniversalistsContinental Unitarian Universalist Young Adult NetworkAmerican Jewish CommitteeAmerican Jewish CongressAnti-Defamation LeagueCatholics for ChoiceChristian Lesbians Out (CLOUT)Church of the Brethren Women's CaucusDisciples for ChoiceEpiscopal Urban CaucusEpiscopal Women's CaucusHadassah, WZOAJewish Women InternationalLutheran Women's CaucusMethodist Federation for Social ActionNA'AMAT USANational Council of Jewish WomenWomen's American ORTYWCA of the USAThe pro-life group "Priests for Life" published a 2003 book criticizing the theological basis for the RCRC's work, "Holy Abortion".
