Barbara Moore, coordinator for the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, in an interview 1984, wrote about how effective pro-lifers were in preventing clergy from joining her group:
“It’s really difficult to find people who are activist types, who are not already committed on other issues. The other thing is, in almost every community around the state, there is an antichoice group, either a Catholic group or a fundamentalist group. Often, it’s only a small group of people, but they are real effective. A lot of clergy are saying to me, “I’m with you, but I think there are a lot of antiabortion people in my congregation.” Ministers are very cautious about choosing issues with which to address their congregations. So it is something of an uphill battle.”
Suzanne Staggenborg The Pro-Choice Movement: Organization and Activism In the Abortion Conflict (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991) 102
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