Thursday, August 4, 2022
For some clergy in the past, facilitating abortions was faith in action - The Washington Post
Beginning in 1967, more than 2,500 clergy — Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Church of Christ, Catholic and Jewish — of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (CCS) provided counseling and information on abortion to women facing an unwanted pregnancy. This nonprofit, voluntary organization represented faith in action. Religious leaders sought to prevent the suffering and shame women with unwanted pregnancies faced as well as the potentially deadly effects of illegal abortions. Their work is a reminder that religious views on abortion are, and have always been, varied. Religious beliefs can uphold a woman's dignity and humanity over that of a fetus...
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