The Nation - News from Jan. 24, 1986
The president of Planned Parenthood accused the Roman Catholic Church of “political and religious persecution” when it declared the organization’s executive director in Rhode Island had been excommunicated. “Planned Parenthood deplores the action that has been taken by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church” against Mary Ann Sorrentino, said the group’s president, Faye Wattleton, at a news conference in New York.
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