Abortion Action Coalition records, 1971-1982.

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Abortion Action Coalition records, 1971-1982.

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The collection documents the founding and development of the Abortion Action Coalition. Because the Coalition worked with many other Boston area and national groups, the collection provides insight into the challenges women faced as federal and state legislators tried to curtail abortion rights. Records include Abortion Action Coalition brochures, articles on abortion and women's health issues, clippings, contact and membership lists, correspondence, fliers, "how to" media packets, information on clinics, minutes, organizing materials, pamphlets, data about abortion and women's health legislation during the 1970s, and speeches.

2.30 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

Northeastern University, Snell Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7617812

Northeastern University, Snell Library

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Abortion Action Coalition

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Abortion Action Coalition (AAC) founded in Boston, Mass., in the summer of 1977 to actively oppose the Doyle-Flynn anti-abortion amendment (an attempt to cut-off state funding for abortions, following the national adoption of the Hyde amendment which allowed states to restrict Medicaid payments for abortions); later in 1977 AAC restructured into four working committees: legislative liaison, community and labor outreach, health and hospital, and media. From the description of Records,...