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SEE: http://plannedparenthoodaction.com/get-involved/advisory-boards-and-initiatives/clergy/who-we-are/
“CLERGY” CLAIM GOD IS OK WITH ABORTION (Friday Church News Notes, May 30, 2014, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - A letter published by Planned Parenthood’s Clergy Advocacy Board (CAB) claims that God supports the decision to abort a child. The “Pastoral Letter to Patients” states, “The decision to have an abortion is personal. Though your reasons may be complicated and private, you’re not alone. As religious leaders from a number of religious traditions, we’re here to support you in your decision. Many people wrongly assume that all religious leaders disapprove of abortion. The truth is that abortion is not even mentioned in the Scriptures--Jewish or Christian--and there are clergy and people of faith from all denominations who support women making this complex decision. God loves you and is with you no matter what you decide.” Members of the CAB include two Reformed Jewish rabbis, three Episcopalians, two Baptists, a Presbyterian, three United Church of Christ clergy, a Unitarian, and a Muslim. As for the Bible, twenty times it forbids the shedding of “innocent blood” (e.g., Deut. 19:10-13; 2 Kings 21:16). This refers to killing a person without a just cause (1 Sam. 19:5). To put a murderer to death, for example, is a just cause, but to kill an innocent person is unjust. God hates those who shed innocent blood (Prov. 6:16-17). What person is more innocent than an unborn child?
