Abortion

Although the Supreme Court ruling turned the issue of abortion back to the states, the pushback has been great. As a matter of fact, popular opinion is now in favor of allowing abortion, and there is a movement to make it a guaranteed right. But even without new laws, the abortion pill is available for women even in states where abortion is illegal.

We have seen some self-designated “evangelical” leaders change their position on LGBTQ issue, and very many — for a very long time — on the issue of women pastors/elders. The last conviction standing in the moral/social realm, it seems, is abortion.

Now with the clamor because of the potential supreme court ruling, will many cave-in on this last hold out of Biblical morality?

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Will More Mainstream “Evangelical” Leaders Change Their Position on Abortion?

This Hindu woman died after her pregnancy became life-threatening. She requested and was refused an abortion at an Irish hospital, due to that country’s strict anti-abortion laws. The husband believes his wife would still be alive today if the abortion had been allowed to go forward.

How would you respond to a challenge from a fellow Christian who said this incident illustrates that abortion may be “ok” in certain circumstances?

I disagree, but this case in point illustrates how theological doctrine can become very practical.

Senate candidate Todd Akin has come under fire for comments regarding abortion and rape. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/19/todd-akin-gop-senate-candidate-legitimate-rape-rarely-causes-pregnancy/ Though he could have made his statements more eloquently, the following link should help to clarify why he may have said what he did.