Carlton W. Veazey

Carlton W. Veazey

Reverend Carlton W. Veazey is a minister in the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., and the President of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). [ [http://www.rcrc.org/about/president.cfm RCRC.org] ] Veazey founded RCRC's National Black Church Initiative.

Veazey is a graduate from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the Howard University School of Divinity. [ [http://www.rcrc.org/about/president.cfm RCRC.org] ]

In addition to being an outspoken proponent of reproductive rights [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS162291+16-Jan-2008+PRN20080116 Reuters.com] ] , he has also been an outspoken critic of theocracy in the United States and Christian fundamentalism. [ [http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2005/05/b667491.html Think Progress] ]

ee also

* Katherine Hancock Ragsdale
* Christianity and abortion

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