Frances Kissling

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Frances Kissling (* 1943 in New York ) is an American feminist . From 1982 to 2007 she was the President of the Catholics for a Free Choice .

Life

Frances Kissling was born as the eldest of four children of a Polish working class family. In the early 1960s, influenced by the nuns at her Catholic school, she entered a monastery at the age of 19 . After a few months she left the monastery and enrolled in the New School , a university in New York.

In the 1960s, Kissling was involved in the American women's movement . When abortion was legalized in New York in 1970 , she took over the helm of an abortion clinic. In 1977 she was appointed president of the newly formed National Abortion Federation and held this office until 1980.

In 1978 she was elected to the board of the Catholics for a Free Choice and in 1982 she took over the presidium, which she held for 25 years until her resignation in 2007. From 2007 to 2008 she worked on a project for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Since then she has been teaching at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics .

The Catholics for a Free Choice represent a progressive Catholicism and criticize the attitude of the church hierarchy on questions regarding sexuality, contraception and abortion as well as the role of women in society and the church. In her role as President, Frances Kissling has participated in international conferences and has played a key role in shaping the fight for reproductive health and rights at the international level.

Works

  • Co-author with Ellen Frankfort from Rosie: The Investigation of a Wrongful Death . Dial Press New York 1979, ISBN 0803775040
  • In preparation: How to Think about Abortion: Pro-choice Reflections on Rights and Responsibility .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d New York Times, Feb. 27, 2007 , accessed September 19, 2009
  2. ↑ http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/people.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/frances-kissling
personal data
SURNAME Kissling, Frances
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American feminist
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH New York (State)