REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

WHEREAS, the ultimate decision to terminate a pregnancy under the rights established by Roe v. Wade decision must be the sole responsibility of the woman, with the advice of her physician, and

WHEREAS, it is an erosion of civil liberties for each state legislature to have the authority to deny women free choice on a very personal decision regarding their own reproductive functions,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The American Ethical Union urges Congress to restore national protection for women to be free to make their own decisions on abortion regardless of where in the United States they may live.

Submitted by: Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago
Adopted by: Region V Assembly of the AEU June 1990
Adopted by: American Ethical Union Board February 9, 1991

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS (Adopted by AEU Board, February 9, 1991)

Proposed Actions and Measures of Effectiveness:

1. Letter writing to U.S. Senators and Representatives;

2. Send copies of resolution to U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, and the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, as well as to the abortion rights coalition of which the AEU is affiliated, and to the National Organization of Women, and to the National Abortion Rights Action League;

3. Abortion remains the right of the pregnant woman to decide and to obtain without legal and/or financial restrictions.

Source: February 9, 1991 Memo [job24scan]

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