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| '''Dr. Dolores Bernadette Grier''' is an ] ] activist and non-fiction author. | |||
| ==Early life == | |||
| When Grier was a teenager she converted to ]ism. She graduated with a master's degree in social work from ]. In 1980 she heard a "persuasive, dynamic speech in defense of all human life from conception" by the ] and credits this speech with bringing her into the pro-life movement. | |||
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| ==Affiliations with the Roman Catholic Church== | |||
| After her conversion to Catholicism, Grier worked in the department of social development of Catholic Charities as an educational co-ordinator. In 1985, Cardinal John O'Connor appointed her as vice chancellor to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. This was the first time a woman, an African American or a lay person had been appointed to the position.<ref name="PalmPost">{{cite news | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UREjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O84FAAAAIBAJ&dq=dolores%20bernadette%20grier&pg=4338%2C10571 | title=Cardinal Appoints Black Woman | accessdate=2011-01-13 | author=Times, New York | date=1985-10-21 | publisher=The Palm Beach Post}}</ref> Grier was appointed to the U.S. Bishops' National Advisory Council in 1994.<ref name="Jet">{{cite journal | url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ssADAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA20&dq=Dolores%20Bernadette%20Grier&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=Dolores%20Bernadette%20Grier&f=false | title=People - Dolores Bernadette Grier | journal=Jet | year=1994 | month=February | volume=85 | issue=14}}</ref> | |||
| ==Pro-Life Advocacy== | |||
| In 1979, Grier presented workshops on 'The Black Community and Abortion' and 'Teenagers and Abortion' at the sixth annual Connecticut Right To Life Corporation convention.<ref name="MorningRecord">{{cite news | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-Z9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bv8MAAAAIBAJ&dq=dolores-grier&pg=1363%2C3390846 | title=State Right-To-Life group to convene in New Haven | accessdate=2011-01-13 | date=1979-09-22 | publisher=The Morning Record and Journal}}</ref> | |||
| ==Published Works== | |||
| In her book ''Death by Abortion: The Basic Facts'', Griers commented on the course Jackson took in his career by saying, "Regrettably, Rev. Jackson joined the ] political party and adopted its pro-abortion/pro-choice platform. Too many legislators, ] and Democratic, have chosen to walk on the 'comfort zone' bridge of pro-choice, thus turning their backs on the unborn human beings, perhaps because they are not yet voters or members of a political action group."<ref name="envoymagazine.com"></ref> | |||
| ==NAACP== | |||
| In 1993 the ] city branch of the ] selected her to be the recipient of the Women's History Month award, she refused it and membership because of the organization's ] stance on abortion. "As president of the Association of Black Catholics," she wrote, "I believe abortion to be a racist weapon of genocide against black people. It has been thrust upon black women as a solution to their economic crises, confusion and concern."<ref name="envoymagazine.com"/> | |||
| Grier sits on the Board of Advisors of the ] and is founder of ]. | |||
| ''This page has been vandalized 35 times.'' | |||
| "Yesterday they snatched babies from our arms and sold them into slavery, today they snatch them from our womb and throw them into the garbage."<ref></ref> | |||
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