WORLD : AFL-CIO Neutral on Abortion
Leaders of the AFL-CIO, wrestling with the abortion issue, agreed today that the powerful labor federation should continue its decade-long path of neutrality on the subject.
The Executive Council of the 14.2-million-member organization voted not to take a position on abortion.
“The overwhelming view of the council was that this was a matter of deep conscience, conviction and religion” on the part of union members, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said.
Kirkland said only two or three members of the 34-member council dissented during today’s voice vote. He said the group did not think any stance taken by the union as a whole could change the minds of individual members.
Three members of the council are women.
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