The New York Federation of Reform Synagogues has urged repeal of New York State’s abortion laws. The announcement, by Rabbi Daniel L. Davis, director of the Federation, said “Woman has the civil right and basic human right to determine her own reproductive life.” The Federation of Reform Synagogues is an agency of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the congregational body of Reform Judaism in the U.S. and Canada.
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