St. John the Evangelist - Ancient Faith, Modern Relevance

From VirtueOnline, we learn that these organizations, among many others, have said that “there is a social and moral obligation to ensure access to abortions at every stage in an individual’s life.”

• The Episcopal Church
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• United Church of Christ
• United Methodist Church
• NA’AMAT USA
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

Virtue further reports: “The groups call stopping taxpayer funding of abortions an unfortunate contradiction to the basic guiding principle of health care reform and a violation of the moral imperative that unites Americans of many faith traditions.” See also this statement from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: http://www.rcrc.org/news/healthcare_jointstatement_110909.cfm.

(contributed by rector)