Opposing Views on Abortion
The following are excerpts from articles from their websites on abortion. Read them, where do you stand? As many of you know I have a grand daughter that was just 1 pound when she was born. Because of problems with her moms pregnancy she could have been aborted but her mother made the right choice. She spent three months in a NICU unit at St Lukes and is now 25 years old and the mother of our 5 year old great grandson. Our church belongs to the PCUSA, although we oppose a lot of their views. Bob W
225TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY PCUSA (July 8, 2022)
Resolution rejects government attempts to limit access to contraceptive and abortion care
Vote by 225th General Assembly affirms women’s and pregnant people’s moral capacity to choose Approved by a vote of 348-38, HSB-11 affirms that women and pregnant people are full moral agents, created in the image of God, and it supports their moral capacity to decide whether to continue or end any given pregnancy. Lindsay Jacaruso, a teaching elder commissioner from the Presbytery of the Minnesota Valleys, spoke in favor of the resolution, saying the church should be the “first and strongest voice to say that nothing and no one should come between us and our inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” However, Janet Tuma, a teaching elder from Chicago Presbytery, sought for the church to undertake serious theological reflection on the issue, citing the biblical account of John the Baptist leaping in his mother’s womb even as Mary was pregnant with Jesus. She also shared that one of her parents had not wanted to bring her into the world. Her amendment was defeated.
Evangel Presbytery 2022 On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued their decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in which they did, indeed, reverse Roe v. Wade.6
Evangel Presbytery thanks God for causing the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Roe’s forty-nine years of oppression represent a bloody rebellion against God’s Sixth Commandment, our nation’s Constitution, and the fundamental rule of law. The court’s 1973 ruling fueled the greatest denial of basic human rights in our history, as well as the most enduring and highest conflict our nation has experienced since its founding in 1776. The court’s formal repudiation of their former wicked decision is joyful news for the righteous across our nation, as well as those who fear God across the watching world.
Infinitely more important, though, is the hope this brings that the millions of little ones who have been slaughtered during the genocidal holocaust perpetrated against this class of defenseless persons may finally be recognized and mourned as victims of murder, so that, in time, our nation may come to full repentance for this bloodshed we have committed individually and as a nation.
Pro-Abortion Denominations:
American Baptist Church
Christian Church (Disciple Of Christ)
Episcopal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Union For Reform Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Association
United Church Of Christ
The United Methodist Church
United Synagogue For Conservative Judaism
Pro-Life Denominations:
Southern Baptist Convention*
Presbyterian Church Of America
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
The Roman Catholic Church
Assembly Of God
The Orthodox Church In America
Independent Bible/Evangelical Churches
Church of the Nazarene He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Matt. 18:2–6