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Abortion and the Pulpit.
"Sure I know abortion is wrong but I can't preach about it because there are at least ten (twenty, thirty...) members in my congregation who have had an abortion. I don't want to alienate them (or make them feel guilty) by making them relive their abortion."
This is by far the most common reason offered by pastors to explain why they will not give a pro-life sermon or homily, much less allow a pro-life committee to be formed in their church. This is a very human, understandable response, rooted in a desire to avoid opening a wound.
Yet, as we shall see, this reluctance to speak out honestly about abortion results in the very consequences silence is ...
- Abortion in the United States: A Statistical Study
- Reference information from: Abortion: An Eternal Social and Moral Issue January 1, 2006 700+ words
...of legal induced abortions are compiled in "Abortion Surveillance...year. In 2001 the abortion ratio was 246 legal abortions per one thousand...childbearing years). The abortion rate rose from five abortions per one thousand...
- Abortion worldwide: twelve years of reform.
- Magazine article from: Women in Action April 1, 2008 700+ words
...against the law, such abortion should be safe. In...complications arising from abortion ...,' consider reviewing...have undergone illegal abortions." --Beijing Platform...reexamine restrictive abortion laws that punish women...abortion saves women's lives, promotes their health...
- Numbers of abortions, providers down, study finds.
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 14, 2003 700+ words
...000 women for abortions performed at...more weeks. ABORTION LAWS AND FUNDING...preserve the life or health of...funds to pay for abortions except when the woman's life would be endangered...funds to pay for abortions for some poor...partial-birth abortion because it lacked...
- Abortion surveillance: preliminary data - United States, 1992.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 23, 1994 700+ words
...the national abortion ratio (number of legal abortions per 1000 live...The national abortion rate (number of legal abortions per 1000 women...contraceptive, and abortion services. Although...legal induced abortions during 1992 was...
- Abortion foes promise action on their agenda; A shift in power at the...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Hopfensperger, Jean November 12, 2002 700+ words
...support restrictions on abortions, and with abortion foe Tim Pawlenty in...to have a clear pro-life mandate," said Marice...chapter of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights...to change access to abortions, or to ban funding...
- Abortion remains a live issue. (ethical aspects of abortion in Europe)
- Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report Nicholson, R.H. September 1, 1991 700+ words
...neither sets any limit to abortion for medical reasons...legislated in 1985 to permit abortion up to twelve weeks for...serious threat to the life or physical or mental...Netherlands, where abortion is available on request...women from abroad had abortions in Holland as Dutch...
- Abortions up by 5% - and for teens, 16%: Fingers pointed at 'express' Planned...
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) July 3, 2007 700+ words
...The number of abortions in Minnesota rose...troublesome to abortion opponents. Abortions among women younger...Concerned for Life on Monday...the number of (abortions among) teenagers...Parenthood's abortion providers, and...
- Abortion Bill Overtaken by Health Reform; Rights Groups Focus On Ensuring Access
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Kevin Merida March 21, 1994 700+ words
...discuss it." An abortion rights lawmaker...ruling that legalized abortions, and prevent states...Supreme Court, abortion rights advocates...National Right to Life Committee. The...side had had." Abortion rights advocates...minors have access to abortions, exposing racial...
