Spiritual battles in ongoing war over abortion
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Spiritual battles in ongoing war over abortion
Clergy that support Planned Parenthood say religion not just domain of opponents
By Jill Tucker
ANTI-ABORTION groups are good at getting the God message out.
Religion and the antiabortion movement are inextricably linked.
Not so on the other side.
Abortion advocates and national abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood seem far removed from religion, existing in a secular world free of Bible verses and scriptural sound bites.
And yet, faithful followers from various world religions line up with the abortion rights contingent — perhaps not as vocal or visual as anti-abortion advocates, but there nonetheless, historically and currently.( Read more... )