E. Spencer Parsons

Biographical Information
The Rev. E. Spencer Parsons was Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. His son is William S. Parsons. "E. Spencer Parsons served as chairman of both the Chicago Clergy Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancies and the Illinois Clergy Consultation Service. This collection contains articles and newspaper ephemera on abortion, his files related to the National Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (1969-1973), the Chicago Clergy Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancies (1967-1973), and the Illinois Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (1974-1979), including membership rosters, correspondence, minutes, and articles."


 * Former Chair, Illinois Citizens for the Medical Control of Abortion