Amy Cortright

Amy Cortright, an associate rector at Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia, said she views supporting her congregation through the decisions in their lives as her responsibility, including helping them through family planning decisions and the decision to terminate a pregnancy.

The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri is a member of MORCRC.

Members of the Episcopal Church, she said, make their decisions based on prayer, tradition, reason and their relationship with God.

'We believe that God loves, supports and sustains us as we live our lives and make difficult decisions,' Cortright said.

In her effort to fulfill her mission as an Episcopal priest, she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 19 to request family planning be added to a Senate bill that would establish programs to promote alternatives to abortion such as adoption.

'It does not include anything having to do with family planning,' she said. 'It supports a woman for a year after she's pregnant but does nothing to support her after that.'

My wife Amy Cortright and I moved to Columbia from New York City in the Summer of 2006.We were married in June of 2005 in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at The General Theological Seminary where we met as students.She has lived her whole life in the Northeast and is slowly getting acquainted with the new sights and sounds of the Midwest (including the bugs).She is the Associate Rector at Calvary Episcopal Church.We share the responsibilities of two cats, Miaham and Thea, but as she brought them to the marriage, ownership is not debatable.

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