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The Church Ladies For Choice is a performance activist troop that was formed in 1991 to both defend women's healthcare facilities that were under threat of being illegally closed by those who blockade clinics and to entertain those who defend women's clinics so as to keep up their numbers so that blockades would not be attempted.

While there have been several Church Lady For Choice groups in several different states of the United States of America over the years, the most prominent and commonly referred to one is the Church Ladies For Choice that is based in New York City.

In their beginning the Church Ladies For Choice were a sub-group within the larger organization of Women's Health Action and Mobilization (WHAM!) and had many close ties to the larger group ACT UP! (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power!).

With the decline of groups such as Operation Rescue that seek to shut down women's healthcare facilities, the Church Ladies For Choice have branched out into fundraising not only for other groups concerned with Reproductive rights, but also AIDS education and Queer Youth Issues.