The Reverend Tomi Jacobs-Ziobro is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ. She has served in Protestant Campus Ministry at Syracuse University and State University of New York in Albany as well as with UCC and Lutheran Churches throughout New York. Rev. Jacobs-Ziobro has been an advocate for Women’s Reproductive Health and Marriage Equality for over 10 years. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Concerned Clergy for Choice. Tomi and her husband, the Reverend James Ziobro, make their home in Homer, New York.
My personal life experience and my work as a pastor show that an unplanned pregnancy can quickly complicate the life of a woman and her loved ones. It’s only right to make contraception available under health reform to all who desire to use it.
As a member of the clergy, I provide many hours of pastoral care to women and families in the congregations and communities where I minister. The clergy experience confirms that these women come to their decisions with a sense of responsibility for themselves, their families, their other children, and their goals in life.
