WHEREAS the social and physical welfare of the woman should be of prime importance in all decisions to interrupt unwanted pregnancies;

WHEREAS the laws of most of the United States stipulate that abortion is illegal unless necessary to preserve the life of the woman;

WHEREAS present laws and prevailing attitudes encourage costly illegal abortions, a scourge imposed by mores of a less enlightened and humane era;

WHEREAS the LIFE of a woman is rarely jeopardized by pregnancy; not infrequently, however, her HEALTH and the proper development of her fetus are so jeopardized;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that it is a moral obligation to eliminate illegal abortion, a social disease and malpractice which discriminates against those who can least afford its outrageous costs, makes them parties to a crime, and imposes serious health hazards and a high incidence of fatalities;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that laws should be enacted making abortion legal if:

1. There is substantial risk of the physical or mental health of the mother,

2. The child is likely to be born with a grave physical or mental defect,

3. Pregnancy results from rape or incest.

Source: Where We Stand ... 1969

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