Which Christian denominations support Abortion?

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**Which Christian denominations support Abortion? **
Here a list that I have put together based on various internet sources, whose reliability, I’m not quite sure of. So, Please let me know if this information is inaccurate. Thank you!
Pro-life

Roman** Catholic Church**
Orthodox
Lutheran** Church** - Missouri Synod
Charismatic Episcopal Church.
Anglican Church
Charismatic Episcopal Church
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
**Wesleyan/Methodist **
**Church of the Nazarene **
Wesleyan Church
Christian fundamentalist
Presbyterian Church of America (PCA)

Pro-Abortion

Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA)
United Church of Christ
United Methodist Church
Unitarian Universalist Association
Lutheran Women’s Caucus
**Episcopal Church in the United States of America **
**Evangelical Lutheran Church in America **

Note: The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) was founded in 1967 as the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion and then later as the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR). The current name was chosen in 1993.

Note: The Anglican Church of Australia does not take a position on abortion

Note: Positions taken by **Anglicans **across the world are divergent…

Note: Fundamentalist churches that include, Evangelical, Non-denominational, **Southern Baptist **and Pentecostal movements, do not have a single definition or doctrine on abortion. While these movements hold in common that abortion (when there is no threat to the life of the woman) is a form of infanticide.

Note: Before 1980, the Southern Baptist Convention advocated for abortion rights.

**Note: **The United Methodist Church has upheld the idea that church doctrine should not interfere with secular abortion laws.

Note: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds that abortion is a form of unacceptable killing with few exceptions. According to the LDS library, "Some exceptional circumstances may justify an abortion…

**If anyone here wish’s to refute any of this, then please do and please source you information.

Does your Denomination support abortion?**
Is abortion morally wrong?** **
Your thoughts?
 
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Jimmy_B said:
**Which Christian denominations support Abortion? **
Here a list that I have put together based on various internet sources, whose reliability, I’m not quite sure of. So, Please let me know if this information is inaccurate. Thank you!
Pro-life

Roman** Catholic Church**
Orthodox
Lutheran** Church** - Missouri Synod
Charismatic Episcopal Church.
Anglican Church
Charismatic Episcopal Church
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
**Wesleyan/Methodist **
**Church of the Nazarene **
Wesleyan Church
Christian fundamentalist
Presbyterian Church of America (PCA)

Pro-Abortion

Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA)
United Church of Christ
United Methodist Church
Unitarian Universalist Association
Lutheran Women’s Caucus
**Episcopal Church in the United States of America **
**Evangelical Lutheran Church in America **

Note: The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) was founded in 1967 as the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion and then later as the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR). The current name was chosen in 1993.

Note: The Anglican Church of Australia does not take a position on abortion

Note: Positions taken by **Anglicans **across the world are divergent…

Note: Fundamentalist churches that include, Evangelical, Non-denominational, **Southern Baptist **and Pentecostal movements, do not have a single definition or doctrine on abortion. While these movements hold in common that abortion (when there is no threat to the life of the woman) is a form of infanticide.

Note: Before 1980, the Southern Baptist Convention advocated for abortion rights.

**Note: **The United Methodist Church has upheld the idea that church doctrine should not interfere with secular abortion laws.

Note: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds that abortion is a form of unacceptable killing with few exceptions. According to the LDS library, "Some exceptional circumstances may justify an abortion…

**If anyone here wish’s to refute any of this, then please do and please source you information.

Does your Denomination support abortion?**
Is abortion morally wrong?** **
Your thoughts?
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Jimmy,
You have portrayed the LCMS correctly.

[QUOTEQ. What is the Missouri Synod’s view of abortion?

A. The LCMS believes that abortion is contrary to God’s Word and “is not a moral option except, except as a tragically unavoidable byproduct of medical procedures necessary to prevent the death of another human being, viz., the mother” (1979 Res. 3-02A). Official synodical resolutions and other materials on this topic are available from the Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR).

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Jon
 
JonNC said:
Jimmy,
You have portrayed the LCMS correctly.

Q. What is the Missouri Synod’s view of abortion?

A. The LCMS believes that abortion is contrary to God’s Word and “is not a moral option except, except as a tragically unavoidable byproduct of medical procedures necessary to prevent the death of another human being, viz., the mother” (1979 Res. 3-02A). Official synodical resolutions and other materials on this topic are available from the Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR).
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Thank you Jon,

It is evident that you know what your denomination’s beliefs are. I wonder how many here don’t know.

They should know, don’t ya think? And, that includes Catholics. Everybody should know what they believe and why they believe it.

Thank you for your post.

Peace
 
Catechism of the Catholic Church
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2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:
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You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.
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God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.
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2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. “A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae,” “by the very commission of the offense,” and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.
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2322 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a “criminal” practice (GS 27 § 3), gravely contrary to the moral law. The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life.
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2274 Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.
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Prenatal diagnosis is morally licit, “if it respects the life and integrity of the embryo and the human fetus and is directed toward its safe guarding or healing as an individual. . . . It is gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion, depending upon the results: a diagnosis must not be the equivalent of a death sentence.”
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Jimmy_B said:
Thank you Jon,

It is evident that you know what your denomination’s beliefs are. I wonder how many here don’t know.

They should know, don’t ya think? And, that includes Catholics. Everybody should know what they believe and why they believe it.

Thank you for your post.

Peace
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For this and other reasons, my brother is (currently) exploring exiting the ELCA. He is going to visit an LCMS parish to test the waters.
And no, Jimmy, you can’t have his email address. 😛

Jon
 
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