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Sacred work : Planned Parenthood and its clergy alliances

Author

Davis, Tom, 1934-

Title

Sacred work : Planned Parenthood and its clergy alliances / Tom Davis.

Format

Book

Published

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.

Description

xvi, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The concept of sacred work
Facing unpleasant truths : Margaret Sanger recruits the clergy
Scandal! clergy build public acceptance of contraception and Planned Parenthood, 1935-1957
Clergy and the 1958 battle over contraception in the New York City public hospitals
Sacred work in Baltimore, 1961-1965 : clergy change the culture
Victories in the sixties : clergy fight for full acceptance for Planned Parenthood in Denver, St. Louis, and San Francisco
"The heartless law" : Planned Parenthood and the clergy consultation on abortion, 1967-1973
Clergy and Planned Parenthood in the post-Roe era, 1973-1992
Deadly violence and the renewal of clergy support for Planned Parenthood, 1993
Clergy, the future, and cultural change.

Subject headings

Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Kinsey subjects

Religious attitudes on abortion. Religious attitudes on contraception.