Articles : Abortion and life issues
Jan. 10, 2011 issue
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Calif. Bible study offers healing after abortions
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Statistics show at least one in four women in the United States will have an abortion, which all too often devastates a woman’s life as well as ends a child’s.
The woman may never have told anyone about her abortion. She may live with shame and with symptoms of post-abortion syndrome such as anxiety, numbness, depression, eating disorders and substance abuse.
July 13, 2009 issue
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Pro-Life, Pro-Peace
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A pro-life, pro-peace booth was among those in the convention center exhibit hall.
July 6, 2009 issue
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Pro-choice belief
I am pro-choice. In that Mennonite Church USA does not have an “official” policy on abortion law, and we’ve tended to tiptoe around the morality issue, I suspect there are folks who believe, as do I, that abortion is a decision that should be made by a woman, her doctor and her God.
June 22, 2009 issue
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Making peace in abortion war
Psychologist and peace advocate Rachel MacNair argues in her book, Achieving Peace in the Abortion War, that the abortion industry is crumbling under the weight of its own inconsistencies and “is too fragile to last.”
June 8, 2009 issue
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Pro-life violence a contradiction
During the “Summer of Mercy” anti-abortion protests in Wichita, Kan., in 1991, a Mennonite Brethren pastor in the city said he heard a wake-up call for his congregation. “We haven’t done what we can to prevent the murder of life,” Gordon Bergman told MWR. “I have urged the people to look to the Lord to see what we need to be doing.”
June 1, 2009 issue
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Common ground on abortion?
Will President Obama’s plea for “common ground” on abortion during his speech at the University of Notre Dame on May 17 persuade ardent abortion opponents to work with the new president?
March 2, 2009 issue
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Abortion concern
An open letter to President Obama: I am thankful God has placed you in this leadership role. Today I am writing about my concern for legalized abortion. As a follower of Christ’s living and teaching, I realize that all creation is sacred. I am a supporter of all mature, knowledgeable, intelligent persons having the privilege and right of free choice. In the case of unwanted pregnancies, that choice needs to come into play prior to conception. The participants must make the sane, responsible and conscious decision to take necessary precautions to avoid conception. That is the time of free choice.
Feb. 23, 2009 issue
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Two abortion issues
The Feb. 9 editorial, “Abortion and Openness,” calls for open discussion of abortion. Part of that discussion might include dividing the matter into two issues: 1) When and if the killing of other humans is justified; and 2) When human life begins. The second is much more difficult for most of us.
Feb. 9, 2009 issue
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Abortion and openness
The combination of a Democratic Congress and a pro-choice Obama administration is raising concern that abortion will become more normalized and that some existing restrictions will be lifted. For peace-church members, this time of change is an opportunity to recommit to efforts to reduce abortion.
May 7, 2007 issue
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A legitimate abortion limit
The anti-abortion movement won a longstanding battle last month, though the outcome is expected to have little impact on the number of abortions.
April 30, 2007 issue
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Late-term abortion ban upheld
In a major ruling on abortion rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 18 upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, a federal law banning certain late-term abortions.
Nov. 6, 2006 issue
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Hard choices at end of life
A loved one is rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening condition. The doctors say they could try to save the person you love. But even if they are successful, the results could be devastating — brain damage or other terrible effects. You have only a few minutes to decide what to do.
Jan. 30, 2006 issue
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Crossing abortion’s battle lines
Recent confirmation hearings for two Supreme Court nominees yielded little information about their views on specific issues, including abortion.
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