In addition to ethical responsibility, church leaders also anticipate a broader pastoral responsibility. Ethicist Karen Lebacqz recommends that congregations respond to new developments in genetic therapy through (1) support for persons and families facing illness and death; (2) education of and by the clergy to help all church members interpret genetic illness and its accompanying hopes and tragedies; and (3) advocacy in public policy debate that will support legislation to aid disabled persons and others needing social protection. Karen Lebacqz, ed., Genetics, Ethics, and Parenthood (New York: Pilgrim Press, 1983).