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The Episcopal Church has issued the following statement<\/a>:<\/p>\n Episcopal Church statement on reports concerning Supreme Court case pertaining to abortion<\/p>\n May 3, 2022<\/p>\n Office of Government Relations<\/p>\n Since 1967, The Episcopal Church has maintained its \u201cunequivocal opposition to any legislation on the part of the national or state governments which would abridge or deny the right of individuals to reach informed decisions [about the termination of pregnancy] and to act upon them.\u201d In light of the recent report about a pending decision in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health, The Episcopal Church reaffirms our commitment to \u201cequitable access to women\u2019s health care, including women\u2019s reproductive health care,\u201d which we view as \u201can integral part of a woman\u2019s struggle to assert her dignity and worth as a human being.\u201d The Office of Government Relations will continue to advocate at the federal level to protect reproductive rights.<\/p>\n We encourage you to read this overview of The Episcopal Church\u2019s positions on abortion and women\u2019s reproductive health.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Put into simple terms, removing the euphemisms and Newspeak, TEC is endorsing the murder of unborn babies. An organisation promoting such a demonically inspired abomination should not be afforded the dignity of being called a Christian Church.<\/p>\n The Anglican Church of Canada hierarchy, being largely populated with spineless poltroons, has remained silent on the issue. Apart, that is, from the intrepid Rev. Michael Coren who cannot resist coming down on the wrong side of an ethical conundrum whenever he has the opportunity.<\/p>\n Read Coren\u2019s claptrap here<\/a>:<\/p>\n There is nothing Christian about allowing women to die in illegal back street abortions. Nothing Christian about removing the basic right of a woman to control her own body. Nothing Christian about wanting to criminalize female equality.<\/p>\n [\u2026.]<\/p>\n But what of scripture itself? The central point is that any ancient text, even one that is central to a religious faith and certainly crucial to my life and beliefs, has to be understood and interpreted in context and with understanding.<\/p>\n So, for example, when opponents of abortion quote Jeremiah \u2014 \u201cBefore I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations\u201d \u2014 they should grasp a few realities. First, this was written around 2,700 years ago. Second, the text is speaking of a single person, \u201ca prophet to the nations\u201d rather than making a sweeping comment about the beginning of life.<\/p>\n Or Psalm 139, \u201cFor it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.\u201d This is poetry and metaphor, a beautiful testimony to God\u2019s love but not a guide to human biology. The very idea is unbiblical.<\/p>\n The New Testament has Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, meeting Mary, mother of Jesus, and \u201cthe child leaped in her womb.\u201d Again, a lyrical description of an event that shaped history, but not scientific and not supposed to be. If we\u2019re to take a literalist approach to the Bible we\u2019re in all sorts of trouble. By the way, it sometimes supports abortion, something the Christian right doesn\u2019t like to mention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Episcopal Church has issued the following statement: Episcopal Church statement on reports concerning Supreme Court case pertaining to abortion May 3, 2022 Office of Government Relations Since 1967, The Episcopal Church has maintained its \u201cunequivocal opposition to any legislation … Continue reading