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You are cordially invited to attend...

Sacred Choices:
Re-Framing the Abortion Debate
A Panel Discussion to benefit the Rosie Fund, Inc.
Cosponsored by Yale Health Professional Students for Choice

April 5, 2005
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The Beaumont Room (L-221A) in Sterling Hall of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510

How do we move past the religion vs. choice war and build an alliance to defend reproductive choice in our country? Join us as we consider past and future relationships between religion and reproductive rights. Clergy, doctors and activist women brought about the climate in which Roe v. Wade came to pass in 1973. Now in 2005, we will explore the intersection of religious and pro-choice beliefs from the perspectives of a provider, a religious leader, an academic researcher and a woman who has exercised her right to choose.

Linda Ellison is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Divinity School, writing her dissertation on ìAbortion and the Politics of God: Patient Narratives and the Psychology of Religion.î

Dr. Emily Fine is a pro-choice provider active in Greater New Havenís Jewish community.

Lorraine Gengo is the Editor-in-Chief of the Fairfield Advocate and author of the 2004 article ìI Had an Abortion.î

Rev. Barbara Hager, Board member of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Connecticut and Chairperson of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut

How do different religions view their beliefs in a woman's moral agency and right to control her own body and reproductive destiny? How do those who deal with reproductive choices see their activities as related to their faiths? Please join us - to learn from our expert panelists, to hear more about the work of the Rosie Fund, and to continue your support of reproductive freedom.

RSVP, if possible, but join us either way! For more information or to RSVP, please email rosiefundct@hotmail.com or call Rosie at (203) 777-4446. Please invite your pro-choice friends and colleagues as well! Refreshments will be served.

Directions for driving and parking are available at http://info.med.yale.edu/maps/shm.html. Once you have parked in the Air Rights Garage, it is a quick and easy walk to Sterling Hall of Medicine! Exit onto York Street and turn left. Follow York Street one block to Cedar Street (you will pass Yale New Haven Hospital on your right side). Turn left onto Cedar Street and Sterling Hall of Medicine is halfway down the block on your left. We will have greeters just inside the door to help you find the Beaumont Room.

About the Rosie Fund...
The right to choose is meaningless without access to abortion services. The Rosie Fund was founded in 2003 by a group of Connecticut residents committed to helping women overcome legal and economic barriers that anti-choice legislation has placed around abortion services. Part of the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Rosie Fund provides funding for women who would not otherwise be able to obtain the abortion services that they require.

Please make a donation to the Rosie Fund at the event at level you feel most able to contribute. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Donations can also be sent by mail, made out to ìThe Rosie Fund, Inc.î and sent to The Rosie Fund, P.O. Box 6205, Hamden, CT 06517

Rose Garden* $500 and above
Bouquet of Roses $100 to $499
Red Rose $50 to $99
Pink Rose $25 to $49
Rosebud $10 to $25

* A donation of $600 will cover the entire cost of a first-trimester abortion for a woman in need.

Thank you!
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Rachel Thomas
Director of Programs & Projects
Women Faculty Forum at Yale University