{"id":190131,"date":"2018-10-24T13:29:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=190131"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:22:44","slug":"clergy-bless-ohio-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/clergy-bless-ohio-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Clergy to ‘ask for God’s blessing’ on Planned Parenthood abortion facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2015, pro-abortion clergy held an event<\/a> “blessing” the Preterm abortion facility in Cleveland, Ohio — the same facility that was responsible for 22-year-old Lakisha Wilson’s death just a year prior, in 2014. Wilson went into cardiac arrest during her second trimester abortion at the facility and passed away a week later. Clergy at the 2015 event stated at the time their reason for holding the event: “It breaks my heart to know women are sitting in pews across the country feeling shamed, believing that they\u2019re cursed for making this decision. That\u2019s a question I get a lot on the phone, \u2018Am I going to hell?\u2019 When God instead is there to support women through it all.\u201d<\/p>\n

And now, pro-abortion clergy are doing it again — this time, at Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio’s East Columbus Surgical Center in Columbus on November 9, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. The announcement<\/a> for the “Holy Ground: Blessing the Sacred Space of Decision” event notes that the event leaders will be “Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, the Ohio\u00a0Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice” and “faith leaders.”<\/p>\n

“Anti-abortion advocates do not have the monopoly on faith or God,” the announcement reads. “Many faith leaders and people of faith hold that accessing and providing abortions are good and godly decisions.”\u00a0To these “progressive voices,” this<\/strong> is a “good” and “godly decision”:<\/p>\n