Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)’s Reviews > Pro-Choice and Christian: Reconciling Faith, Politics, and Justice > Status Update
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“Even before the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, clergy formed an underground network in response to the deaths and injuries of women caused by unsafe abortions and predatory abortion providers. The Clergy Consultation Service (CCS), established in 1967, helped to refer women to safe abortion providers. ... Since 1993, this group has been known as the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice...”
— Aug 11, 2019 05:56AM
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Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“A broad and consistent pro-life ethic means taking seriously God’s action for life, which is ultimately demonstrated in the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
— Aug 11, 2019 07:04AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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- As a nation and as a religion, if we say we value mothers, parenting, and families, then why do we make it so difficult to both raise children and provide for themselves as active members in our economic system?”
— Aug 11, 2019 07:03AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“If the high numbers of abortions are distressing to us, then the primary place we should locate our efforts to reduce them is not with the woman herself, by stigmatising sex or making abortions more difficult to obtain, but in the social system that surrounds her and supports her. -
— Aug 11, 2019 07:03AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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- A broad pro-life ethic would be concerned with social justice issues of racism and sexism, homophobia, poverty, and refugees fleeing war and environmental disasters. All of these issues and more would fall under the umbrella ‘pro-life’, based on what we as Christians know about God as reveal d through Jesus Christ.”
— Aug 11, 2019 06:51AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“... a consistent pro-life ethic would be as concerned with the quality of life of any particular child as it is with that child’s birth, and we need a broader conversation on what that looks like. That ethic would address access to health care, housing, food, education, and safety. -
— Aug 11, 2019 06:51AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“Talking upfront about sexuality, contraceptive plans, and the possibility of dealing with unplanned pregnancies is difficult, but if the church takes the incarnation seriously, it should be a safe place to bring our whole selves, including our sexuality.”
— Aug 11, 2019 06:25AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“Just because someone is in a monogamous marital relationship does not mean the sex is ethical. Rape occurs within marriage. Abuse occurs within marriage. Marriage alone does not meet the condition for ethical sex within a Christian framework.”
— Aug 11, 2019 06:22AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“What is the moral status of a woman? How much right to life do women have? How much personhood? What about their souls?” - Katha Pollitt
— Aug 11, 2019 06:13AM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“Our biblical story begins with creation, an act or giving life. God loves into being everything that is, including humankind... Creation, liberation, relationship, salvation, and resurrection are the fruits of God’s power for life.”
— Aug 08, 2019 03:52PM
Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)
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“The discussion of feral personhood centers on the fetus, the embryo, even the fertilised egg - at the expense of the woman herself - hearkening back to those old images of woman as ‘host’ and ‘soil’. The focus on the fetus at the expense of women has caused us to lose sight of women as full people with the experience of their own bodies and emotions and their own health histories.”
— Aug 05, 2019 05:47AM
