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Abortion Organization, Say “Pro-Lifers Not in Line With the Bible”
lifenews.com ^ | February 11, 2016 | Micaiah Bilger

Posted on 02/15/2016 12:59:59 PM PST by Morgana

Angered by the 40 Days for Life pro-life campaigns in England, a group of abortion activists who call themselves Christians recently formed a counter-campaign.

The UK blog Abortion Rights reports the new group Christians for Choice formed in direct response to the pro-life 40 Days for Life campaigns. The pro-abortion group said it is made up of abortion supporters from various Christian denominations.

Edem Barbara Ntumy, one of the group founders, said she doesn’t think her faith and support of abortion are “diametrically opposed.”

“The rhetoric of Christian anti-choice groups has drowned out the voices of pro-choice Christians,” Ntumy said. “It is vital that other Christian positions on abortion are heard. Whilst I recognise those of Christian faiths have a diverse range of opinions on abortion, it is important to be able to have uncomfortable conversations and debates within our community.”

Other abortion activists also have attempted to justify their involvement in the abortion industry by talking about their religious beliefs. Mississippi abortionist Willie Parker calls himself a Christian and his abortion practice “a ministry.” Young abortionist-in-training Carolyn Payne says her faith influenced her to pursue a job in the abortion industry. And Methodist minister Emma Akpan says she volunteers for Planned Parenthood because she is a Christian. Conveniently, none of them mention that abortion kills innocent, unborn human beings – a violation of the Christian commandment “Thou shalt not kill.”

The new British group attacked the 40 Days for Life campaign with the usual pro-abortion claims that pro-life volunteers harass, coerce and deceive women who are going into abortion clinics.

According to the blog:

[Christians for Choice says] a woman accessing abortion in the UK should be entitled to safe and unobstructed access. From the moment she makes her decision, every step of the way should be planned and managed as safely as any other medical procedure. To have to encounter harassment and intimidation is clearly dangerous and unacceptable. Cloaking the targeting of abortion clinics as a Christian act during a period of religious reflection is deeply wrong. The victimisation of any person accessing any other medical treatment would be publicly condemned, and so should the activity of these groups. Ultimately it is not with line with the Biblical meaning of Lent or indeed overarching Christian values

Despite what the pro-abortion group claims, the 40 Days campaign actually is well-known for its dedication to peaceful, compassionate pro-life advocacy outside of abortion clinics. Influenced by the campaign’s kind, truthful message, abortion clinic worker Abby Johnson and hundreds of others like her have quit the abortion industry, and many have joined the pro-life movement.

Since 2007, more than 11,165 unborn babies and their moms also have been spared from the pain and regret of abortion through the international pro-life campaign, according to the campaign’s website. The spring campaign begins today.

“Prayer, fasting and peaceful vigil are powerful … and needed now more than ever in our culture,” Shawn Carney, president of 40 Days, wrote Wednesday. “Moms do turn around at the last moment. For the abortion industry, that means one thing – lost income.”

He encouraged people to “serve as a peaceful sign of Christ’s hope” for women and their babies by joining one of the 273 campaign locations across the world this spring.


TOPICS: General Discusssion; Mainline Protestant; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: abortion; christian; england; proaborts; prolife; religiousleft

1 posted on 02/15/2016 12:59:59 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

This would be laughable if it were not so tragic,


2 posted on 02/15/2016 1:04:10 PM PST by NRx (Ceterum censeo Trump delenda est.)
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To: Morgana

Simply APPALLING.


3 posted on 02/15/2016 1:04:22 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: Morgana

Pro-Choice Christians? Do they meet in a phone booth?


4 posted on 02/15/2016 1:06:00 PM PST by 11th_VA (It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
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To: Morgana

Yep. You can trust baby murderers to correctly interpret scripture. /s


5 posted on 02/15/2016 1:08:34 PM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: Morgana

And He decided to take Scalia instead of these berks.


6 posted on 02/15/2016 1:08:52 PM PST by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: Morgana
From the moment she makes her decision, every step of the way should be planned and managed as safely as any other medical procedure... The victimisation of any person accessing any other medical treatment would be publicly condemned, and so should the activity of these groups.

a) Abortion is not a medical treatment, and
b) Women deserve protection from the unscrupulous abortion industry. Offering that protection is not, in fact, victimizing anyone (unless you count the abortionists who lose profits whenever a woman becomes informed about the true nature of abortion, not that abortionists are victims of anything).

7 posted on 02/15/2016 1:17:09 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Morgana

Pro-abortion “Christians” are like “jumbo shrimp”.


8 posted on 02/15/2016 1:29:08 PM PST by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: NRx

I have seen it first hand.

They all circle back to the feelings of the mother, and how horrible it is to “trap” her.

We had a very high risk pregnancy. Spent months in the NICU. To say my patience is not great for infanticide proponents is an understatement.


9 posted on 02/15/2016 1:45:44 PM PST by redgolum
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To: Morgana

What part of “thou shalt not kill” is unclear to them? Sheesh.


10 posted on 02/15/2016 2:00:32 PM PST by Pravious
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To: Morgana

>>And Methodist minister Emma Akpan says she volunteers for Planned Parenthood because she is a Christian.

Methodist...check.
Female pastor...check.

Not surprised.


11 posted on 02/15/2016 2:05:54 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Morgana
Abortion Organization, Say "Pro-Lifers Who Are Meanies are Not in Line With the Bible" There, fixed it...
12 posted on 02/15/2016 2:06:42 PM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: 11th_VA

>>Pro-Choice Christians? Do they meet in a phone booth?

They meet at Annual Conference for the various Methodist conferences every June. I attended my last one where people were cheering for voting down a resolution to counsel young women considering an abortion to get an ultrasound first.

I left the UMC the week after we got back from the conference. I was sickened by the women clergy there. I will never set foot in a church with a female pastor ever again.


13 posted on 02/15/2016 2:08:39 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: redgolum
We had a very high risk pregnancy. Spent months in the NICU. To say my patience is not great for infanticide proponents is an understatement.

I know what you mean. My wife and I went through the same thing.

14 posted on 02/15/2016 2:14:47 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Morgana
Interesting.

I can easily make an argument against killing the innocent without quoting the Bible at all, and let others worry about whether I'm "in line with" it.

15 posted on 02/15/2016 2:19:47 PM PST by Salman
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To: Morgana

Rats. I was looking for their Scriptural references citing Biblical support for murdering unborn children but I suppose they’ll be getting back with us on that.


16 posted on 02/15/2016 2:50:32 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Ready for Teddy, Cruz that is.)
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To: Morgana
The victimisation of any person accessing any other medical treatment would be publicly condemned, and so should the activity of these groups. Ultimately it is not with line with the Biblical meaning of Lent or indeed overarching Christian values.

Except "any other medical treatment" doesn't sacrifice the life of an innocent unborn child. What is with these people???

17 posted on 02/15/2016 8:03:59 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: NonValueAdded
And He decided to take Scalia instead of these berks.

I'm beginning to wonder if He isn't pulling the plug on our little experiment in self-governance.

18 posted on 02/15/2016 9:13:24 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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