Promotes Non-adversarial Dialogue on Abortion by Andrea Walsh. A Manual . Adoption as Common Ground . It also includes suggestions for concrete steps that local common ground initiatives can take to further shared goals on this issue. The Points of Common Ground call for abstinence to be encouraged and supported as a positive and feasible choice for teens and recognize that self-esteem, life opportunities and the mentoring support of adults are critical elements of any effort to reduce pregnancy and abortion among this age group.
Separate essays highlight key concerns and separate perspectives of the authors.
For more information, see the CPN affiliate page for Common Ground for Life and Choice . In 1992, after an Operation Rescue campaign marked by violence, the Buffalo Council of Churches organized a one-day conference on nonviolent protest. Some continued these discussions on a weekly basis, focusing specifically on the abortion conflict, and then invited the Search for Common Ground in Washington, D.C. to develop organizing and conceptual support for what has since become the Buffalo Coalition for Common Ground. In St. Louis, Andy Puzder, the prolife lawyer who helped to author Missouri's legislative restrictions on abortion, and Ms. B.J. Isaacson-Jones, the director of Reproductive Health Services, the largest abortion provider in the state, which sued to stop the legislation, sought a new approach after the Supreme Court ruling upheld the law. Andy had suggested in a newspaper article that it was time to put aside hostilities and find ways to cooperate to help the women and children whom both sides claimed to protect.