The Nation - News from March 2, 1986
More than 1,000 Roman Catholics took out an ad defending dissent on abortion and blasting Vatican reprisals against dissenters. Frances Kissling, president of Catholics for a Free Choice, said that a main goal of the statement, published as a full-page advertisement in today’s New York Times, is “to send a clear message to the Vatican that Catholics will not be intimidated by reprisals against Catholics who speak out.” In 1984, a group of Catholics took out an ad contending that staunch opposition to abortion was not the only legitimate Catholic stance. Several of the ad’s signers were threatened with expulsion from the church.
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