{"id":311449,"date":"2024-05-01T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=311449"},"modified":"2024-05-06T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T17:40:29","slug":"planned-parenthood-linked-church-abortion-pregnancy-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-linked-church-abortion-pregnancy-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood-linked church launches abortion-promoting ‘pregnancy center’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A church in Dallas, Texas, with a history of supporting the abortion industry<\/a> is in the news again after opening a pregnancy resource center that aims to promote abortion. <\/span>In a story by KERA News<\/a>, the First Unitarian Church of Dallas says it is opening its PRC to \u201ccounter anti-abortion mis-information.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Called the ‘Truth Pregnancy Resource Center,’ the facility will purportedly offer women items expected at a traditional PRC, such as maternity and baby items, STD testing, pregnancy tests, and more. But, unlike most PRCs, it will also provide women with information and help to end<\/em> their preborn children’s lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve always kind of struggled with this idea that we’re just not going to speak about abortion care,\u201d said T.J. FitzGerald, the minister of community care and engagement at the church. \u201cWhen someone comes through our doors, and they have access to the internet and are aware they can travel [outside of Texas for abortion], they should not be journeying through that process alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Though FitzGerald says that women will be offered abortion information as one of many options, the First Unitarian Church of Dallas has a storied history of promoting abortion, which makes one wonder if abortion information won\u2019t in fact play a more prominent role. In fact, the church\u2019s senior minister and CEO, <\/span>Daniel Kanter, is a board member of the Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Board of Trustees. In his leadership role, Kanter has appeared to make the promotion of abortion one of his primary goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, a member of the association of Unitarian Universalist congregations which does not hold to any Christian creeds<\/a>, was one of a <\/span>group of churches<\/span><\/a> that combined to form the <\/span>\u201cReproductive Freedom Congregations<\/a>,\u201d which<\/span> trained pastors to promote<\/em> abortion. In order to receive a designation as a participating church, <\/span>churches had to vote to affirm legal abortion as a positive moral good<\/em> in society. According to a website describing the group’s purpose, “<\/span>We are here to say abortion is a blessing<\/strong>” (emphasis original).<\/p>\n

These congregations “publicly affirm three principles,” which are as follows (emphasis original):<\/p>\n