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Comment: Wikipedia's page for Dick Gregory includes a paragraph on his relationship to the left-wing feminist movement, but there's nothing on the page about his strong anti-abortion position. A Google search for "Dick Gregory abortion" will bring up plenty of relevant articles.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Gregory
The paragraph in the Wikipedia entry:
"Gregory was an outspoken feminist, and in 1978 he joined Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, Margaret Heckler, Barbara Mikulski, and original suffragists to lead the National ERA March for Ratification and Extension, a march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the United States Capitol of over 100,000 on Women's Equality Day (August 26), 1978 to demonstrate for a ratification deadline extension for the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, and for the ratification of the ERA. The march was ultimately successful in extending the deadline to June 30, 1982, and Gregory joined other activists to the Senate for celebration and victory speeches by pro-ERA Senators, Members of Congress, and activists. The ERA still narrowly failed to be ratified by the extended ratification date, however, but the Women's Movement was largely successful in securing gender equality in the laws and society."
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