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October 05, 2006

Clergy Helped Pave the Way for Legalized Abortion!?!

Today I learned some very disheartening facts about early legalized abortion in the U.S. I share this information with you not to point fingers at the Church, but to remind all of us of the cunning ways of our enemy. I'm sure the people in this group felt they were doing a good deed for women....

Below is the brief article I found online:

Founded in 1967, the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion was a network of clergy who referred women to safe (though still illegal) abortions. There were 26 ministers and a rabbi at the founding of the network, and more than a thousand when the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision made the organization unnecessary.

The existence of a group of clergy willing to refer women to abortion services was important primarily for two reasons:

  • Safer abortions: women who consulted with the service could often find more reliable, safer abortion procedures than if they relied on their own informal networks.
  • Ethical statement: the presence of clergy willing to take professional and legal risks to aid women seeking abortions was an ethical statement, important in changing social attitudes towards the legalization of abortion.

    Source: Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion

    Forgive us, O God, for our "good intentions"...!

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    We have a lot of work to do in undoing the deeds of those that have gone before us. Order your copy of Secret Sin: When God's People Choose Abortion today, to learn what you can do to turn the tide of abortion. (Copies available through In Our Midst now, or through Amazon.com in the coming weeks!)

    Posted by mary at October 5, 2006 10:13 AM

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