Bishop Dr Alvin Bailey A senior clergyman has described as atrocious, disgraceful and alarming a recommendation by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) that minors be allowed to access an abortion on their own without the consent of a parent. Bishop Dr Alvin Bailey, the chairman of the Jamaica Churches Action Uniting Society for Emancipation (CAUSE), said in a statement on Monday that the proposal by CAPRI "must be rejected by all well thinking Jamaicans". He added that such a call could be translated to mean that "these persons of high intelligence and outstanding academic achievements are spiritually deprived in advocating abortion as a method of contraceptive."