Freedom and Abortion (05.18.23)

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Plain Bible Teaching Podcast

This week we’re talking about a group of “pastors” who were protesting lawmakers in North Carolina over legislation that would protect unborn babies from abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. They claimed that Christians should support a woman’s “freedom” to have an abortion. We’re going to discuss this today.

STORY – “Christian” Pastors Defend Killing Babies in Abortions [because] God Wants Us to Have “Freedom”

“A small group of North Carolina pastors criticized state lawmakers for trying to protect unborn babies from abortion during a rally Friday in the state Capitol.

“According to the Religion News Service, the pastors, who profess to be Christians, asserted that God gives women the ‘freedom’ to make their own decisions about aborting their unborn babies. One even wore a pink pastor’s stole with the name and logo of the billion-dollar abortion chain Planned Parenthood.

“‘Religious leaders know what is at stake for a woman faced with an unexpected pregnancy,’ said the Rev. Jennifer Copeland, executive director of the North Carolina Council of Churches, according to the report. ‘God’s primary directive for God’s people has always been about all of us taking care of each one of us but allowing every one of us the freedom to make our own decisions.’”

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“Approximately 12 attended the pro-abortion rally Friday, including Copeland and the Rev. William J. Barber II of Poor People’s Campaign and Repairers of the Breach, RNS reports. The speakers insisted that Christians can and should support abortions, and claimed lawmakers focus too much on the issue and not enough on helping the poor and ending gun violence.” (Life News)