The Nation - News from June 23, 1985
Cardinal John J. O’Connor called on supporters at an anti-abortion convention in Washington to practice more “good old-fashioned charity” to help women faced with unwanted pregnancies, while keeping pressure on lawmakers to outlaw abortion. As O’Connor spoke at the National Right to Life meeting, about 100 women from the National Organization for Women marched in protest outside with their president, Judy Goldsmith. She said O’Connor and other Catholic leaders have not been able to convince all of their own church members of the rightness of their position on abortion.
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