The Procedure

In 1967, a very unlikely group of individuals gathered to quietly
break the law and help facilitate abortions. They established a
phone number. When you called it, a recording of a woman's voice
would tell you what to do next. Who was behind this number? The
Clergy Consultation Service, an underground network of ministers
and rabbis who wanted to help people access safe abortions in a
time before it was legal. We first aired our conversations with
some of them in 2017. And after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade earlier this year, we decided to call some of them back. Take
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