Which Protestant Faiths Permit Abortion

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Although not exactly protestant, the Mormons come out of the protestant tradition in many ways. They posit abortion to be a matter of individual conscience. It is a version of the argument that we think it is wrong but we cant impose the church view on the whole congregation. Many protestant faiths are similar and a lot does come down to what the individual pastor or preacher at the church feels. Some are very pro-life but others are not. Im not sure when dealing with protestant denominations that you can make blanket statements because of local and regional variations.
 
This link has a breakdown which might help you.

religioustolerance.org/abo_hist1.htm

As far as justification, the US VP Joe Biden, a Catholic, explains it pretty well. The way he describes it, he believes in this area, we can not force faith in a heterogeneous society where not everyone believes the same as to when human life begins, that the soul enters the body at the moment of conception for instance. We do not live in a theocracy.

Or I just googled and found this site where perhaps you can read some of the reasoning pro choice Christians use here 🤷

pregnantpause.org/abort/pcbible.htm
 
CMatt25 said:
This link has a breakdown which might help you.

religioustolerance.org/abo_hist1.htm

As far as justification, the US VP Joe Biden, a Catholic, explains it pretty well. The way he describes it, he believes in this area, we can not force faith in a heterogeneous society where not everyone believes the same as to when human life begins, that the soul enters the body at the moment of conception for instance. We do not live in a theocracy.

Or I just googled and found this site where perhaps you can read some of the reasoning pro choice Christians use here 🤷

pregnantpause.org/abort/pcbible.htm
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Isn’t Joe prohibited from receiving the Eucharist? r
 
Jon_Hus said:
Could you refresh my memory? What was the reasoning or justification the late US Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy gave for the practice?
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Ha! It does lead to the question what is meant by “permission” and what role does the church police have in punishment? And the greater factor of church police. How much damage is done when 9 year old rape victims are punished yet celebrity members of a church seem to move with immunity from prosecution.
 
4Squarebaby said:
Ha! It does lead to the question what is meant by “permission” and what role does the church police have in punishment? And the greater factor of church police. How much damage is done when 9 year old rape victims are punished yet celebrity members of a church seem to move with immunity from prosecution.
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Then let’s rephrase the question, since it appears you may have more objection to Church enforced doctrines than abortion itself. What Protestant faiths find abortion an acceptable form of birth control?
 
Prodigal_Son1 said:
Then let’s rephrase the question, since it appears you may have more objection to Church enforced doctrines than abortion itself. What Protestant faiths find abortion an acceptable form of birth control?
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I don’t believe there are any Protestant groups that “find abortion an acceptable form of birth control.”
 
Publisher said:
I don’t believe there are any Protestant groups that “find abortion an acceptable form of birth control.”
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I’m not so sure. There appears to be reasons they find it acceptable and I’m open to hearing those reasons. As the poster said a victim of rape was ‘punished’, it would help if they had elaborated on that punishment specifically. I feel that is only one example of acceptable ‘reasons’ and would like to hear other reasons, with explanations. For example, is it acceptable for an unwed woman? Is it acceptable for financial reasons?
 
Prodigal_Son1 said:
I’m not so sure. There appears to be reasons they find it acceptable and I’m open to hearing those reasons. As the poster said a victim of rape was ‘punished’, it would help if they had elaborated on that punishment specifically. I feel that is only one example of acceptable ‘reasons’ and would like to hear other reasons, with explanations. For example, is it acceptable for an unwed woman? Is it acceptable for financial reasons?
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Perhaps you could provide a list of Protestant groups which “find abortion an acceptable form of birth control.”

I am not aware of any myself.
 
Publisher said:
Perhaps you could provide a list of Protestant groups which “find abortion an acceptable form of birth control.”

I am not aware of any myself.
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If I knew of any specifically, I would not have asked the question. It seems some took offense of the original question, in the form it was asked. I was trying to clarify the question since, as I said, some posters seemed to have more objection to Church enforced doctrines, than abortion itself. One actually provided one reason, which makes me think there might be other reasons.
 
4Squarebaby said:
Ha! It does lead to the question what is meant by “permission” and what role does the church police have in punishment? And the greater factor of church police. How much damage is done when 9 year old rape victims are punished yet celebrity members of a church seem to move with immunity from prosecution.
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Say, are you in favour of taking the life of human life when they’re not yet born? And you should know that one wrong doesn’t make another wrong right!
As for church police, you are off base. Was saint Paul playing a church police when he warned the faithful that eating the Body of Christ or drinking His blood indignantly would bring condemnation on anyone doing it? Do you really care for the salvation of the souls of your brothers and sisters? Paul certainly did.
 
Publisher said:
Perhaps you could provide a list of Protestant groups which “find abortion an acceptable form of birth control.”

I am not aware of any myself.
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OK, how about phrasing it this way: “Which churches allow a woman to have an abortion for any reason?” Either allow it willy-nilly, or allow it for specific reasons (rape, incest, etc)…

Can anybody think of one? Mormons are the first, whats next?

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Prodigal_Son1 said:
Then let’s rephrase the question, since it appears you may have more objection to Church enforced doctrines than abortion itself. What Protestant faiths find abortion an acceptable form of birth control?
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Could you clear up a question I have?

Is it true that US Rep and speaker of the house Nancy Palosi and Sr. US Sen. John Kerry both put their political muscle into the abortion industry and are both still receiving the Eucharist?
 
Publisher said:
Perhaps you could provide a list of Protestant groups which “find abortion an acceptable form of birth control.”

I am not aware of any myself.
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I understood that Protestantism, changed their rule on birthcontrol before 1930. They lifted the ban and now condone it.🤷:eek: Attempts at birth control leads to murder,the 6th commandment. Carlan
 
Jon_Hus said:
Could you refresh my memory? What was the reasoning or justification the late US Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy gave for the practice?
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Sen. Ted Kennedy may have called himself a Catholic, but on advocating in favour of abortion he certainly didn’t mind much about what the Catholic Church teaches on it.
Did you know that such an early Church text as the 2nd Century’s Didache already prohibited abortion?
 
Publisher said:
I don’t believe there are any Protestant groups that “find abortion an acceptable form of birth control.”
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What about the “United Church”, maybe, where so many opinions are tolerated (even orthodox ones)?
 
FidesSpesCarita said:
OK, how about phrasing it this way: “Which churches allow a woman to have an abortion for any reason?” Either allow it willy-nilly, or allow it for specific reasons (rape, incest, etc)…

Can anybody think of one? Mormons are the first, whats next?

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What church allows or denies any man to do anything? It implies that the church has policing power over its members. A 9 year old girl has no political power so does she have different rules applied to her then the Speaker of the US House of Rpresentatives?
 
Jon_Hus said:
Could you clear up a question I have?

Is it true that US Rep and speaker of the house Nancy Palosi and Sr. US Sen. John Kerry both put their political muscle into the abortion industry and are both still receiving the Eucharist?
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We don’t know to what extent people , they or you , sin. We go into the confessional alone, only God knows the intentions of the heart ultimately. Peace to you, Carlan
 
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