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PRO-FAITH, PRO-FAMILY, PRO-CHOICE
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Reproductive Choice: The Official Position
of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
WHEREAS, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has proclaimed that in Christ, God affirms freedom and responsibility for individuals, and
WHEREAS, legislation is being introduced into the U.S. Congress which would embody in law one particular opinion concerning the morality of abortion..
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) . . .
* Affirm the principle of individual liberty, freedom of individual conscience, and sacredness of life for all persons.
* Respect differences in religious beliefs concerning abortion and oppose, in accord with the principle of religious liberty, any attempt to legislate a specific religious opinion or belief concerning abortion upon all Americans.
* Provide through ministry of the local congregation, pastoral concern, and nurture of persons faced with the responsibility and trauma surrounding undesired pregnancy.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
General Assembly, 1975 (reaffirmed 1989).
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