{"id":51680,"date":"2014-07-13T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=51680"},"modified":"2014-07-12T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T19:18:21","slug":"faith-forceps-how-churches-are-promoting-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/faith-forceps-how-churches-are-promoting-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith & Forceps: How churches are promoting abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s surprising what you can learn about yourself. Recently, I learned that I’m on the same side as the Taliban\u2026 the Tennessee<\/i> Taliban.<\/p>\n

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In June, a group known as Tennesseans for Preservation of Personal Privacy published an ad condemning Constitutional Amendment 1, a pro-life ballot initiative<\/a>. The ad features a sinister looking man in a turban<\/a> standing atop a frightened woman. Next to the pair is a caption that reads, \u201cVote NO on the Tennessee TALIBAN Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pro-life\/Taliban comparison has always struck me as odd. Whereas the former movement is devoted to saving children<\/a>, the latter is quite content to blow them up<\/a>. Further, my fellow Live Action authors would seem to make poor Taliban recruits. If the Taliban is now accepting Marine Corps wives<\/a> and atheist lesbians<\/a>, then it has broadened its base to a remarkable degree.<\/p>\n

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Now, it\u2019s certainly true that many pro-lifers are people of faith, frequently identifying as Catholics or evangelical Protestants. Believers often help protect innocent lives by contributing to pregnancy care centers<\/a>, offering adoption services<\/a>, and reaching out<\/a> to those who have been damaged by abortion. However, it\u2019s also true that not every church is on board with defending children in the womb. In fact, some denominations aren’t too concerned about those outside of it, either.<\/p>\n

The Presbyterian Church USA<\/a> (PCUSA) put out a publication<\/a> called \u201cProblem Pregnancies: Toward a Responsible Decision.\u201d I have to wonder how much thought went into that title. After all, unplanned children must feel a little disconcerted when they come to learn that their church regarded them as a problem. I doubt those feelings improve any when they hear the solution.<\/p>\n

The 182nd Presbyterian General Assembly proclaimed that \u201cthe artificial or induced termination of a pregnancy is a matter of careful ethical decision of the patient\u201d and is something that \u201cshould not be restricted by law.\u201d The point was reiterated in 2006 through a declaration stating, \u201cHumans are empowered by the spirit prayerfully to make significant moral choices, including the choice to continue or end a pregnancy.\u201d Apparently the spirit of God doesn’t stop at just turning water into wine; according to PCUSA, God also moves parents to turn their children into medical waste<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jesus, it should be noted, had some rather harsh words for those who would harm children, so the idea that He would be fine with sucking a child through a tube<\/a> during a vacuum aspiration or pulling one apart<\/a> in a D&E sounds counter intuitive. Evidence compiled by Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand suggesting that a fetus can feel pain<\/a> at 20 weeks gestation seems unlikely to increase the chances of divine favor.<\/p>\n

Of course, none of that has kept PCUSA from supporting Planned Parenthood, America\u2019s largest abortion provider. A PCUSA affiliated seminary went so far as to present<\/a> Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards with its \u201cLives of Commitment\u201d award at a breakfast \u201chonoring women who bridge religious divides, build community, and pursue justice.\u201d Given that Planned Parenthood staff have been caught<\/a> helping sex offenders conceal their crimes and offering to arrange involuntary abortions<\/a> on underage child prostitutes, PCUSA\u2019s understanding of \u201cjustice” must be quite unique.<\/p>\n

And it doesn’t stop there. At this year\u2019s General Assembly, a motion was put forward to \u00a0re-examine PCUSA\u2019s position on abortion and its relationship with the groups that promote it. The motion also asked \u201cthe Moderator of the General Assembly and the Stated Clerk to issue statements that denounce the practice of killing babies born live following an abortion procedure, such as was revealed in the Dr. Kermit Gosnell clinic in Philadelphia.\u201d That motion was rejected<\/a> 465 \u2013 133.<\/p>\n

PCUSA isn’t the only faith group to bless the killing of society\u2019s most vulnerable. The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice<\/a> (formerly known as the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights) partners with organizations like Catholics for Choice<\/a> and the Methodist Federation for Social Action<\/a>. Similarly, the United Church of Canada is a staunch abortion advocate<\/a> that pushes \u201ca moral responsibility not to bring an unwanted child into the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christians and other people of faith have a vital role to play in the pro-life movement. This includes selecting a church that is willing to protect innocent life. Jesus warned His followers about the danger posed by false teachers; PCUSA and other pro-abortion churches are proof that the danger hasn’t gone away.
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