Tennessee Episcopal Priest Kira Schlesinger
Posted on 10/09/2017 3:08:10 PM PDT by Morgana
Tennessee Episcopal Priest Kira Schlesinger believes so strongly in legalized abortion that she wrote a book to reconcile her Christian beliefs with the killing of unborn babies.
In her new book “Pro-Choice and Christian: Reconciling Faith, Politics, and Justice,” Schlesinger criticizes churches that “shame” and stigmatize women who abort their unborn babies. She said church congregations should have more open conversations about abortion, and support women who have them.
“The shame and stigma surrounding abortion and unwanted pregnancies, particularly in religious circles, are a huge impediment to having honest and forthright discussions about something nearly a third of women have gone through,” Schlesinger writes.
The priest-in-charge at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Lebanon, Tennessee, she appears to see abortion as a necessary evil.
According to a book review at Fit Yourself Club blog:
Yes, abortion robs the earth of a potential life, which saddens the author. However, she also realizes that women have a right to managing their bodies without government interference and that one in three women will have an abortion before they reach the age of 40. Thus, making abortion illegal will drive the procedure underground where it will cause more danger and pain to the woman and her child.
In a column she wrote in 2015 for Ministry Matters, she argued that there would be no abortions in a perfect world, but the world is not perfect and women need to have abortions to keep themselves and their babies from suffering.
She argued for more government support of health care, education, safe housing and nutritional food for struggling families.
“In an ideal world, in one that has not fallen so far from what God intended, every conceived child would be desired and every pregnancy would be met with joy,” she wrote. “But until our nation truly places families and children first, until there is a communal commitment to raising all children … access to safe and legal induced abortions and a woman’s right to choose remain necessary.”
But Schlesinger bases an unborn child’s worth on their circumstances. In essence, she seems to believe that unborn babies sometimes are better off being brutally killed in abortions (maybe by dismemberment or poison), than being born into less than ideal circumstances.
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Children are born every day into difficult circumstances, but almost no one in society advocates for killing them. It’s because society recognizes that they are valuable human beings. It recognizes that a human life is not less valuable because he or she was born poor or because he/she grew up in an abusive household or because he/she did not have access to a good education. From a Christian perspective, human life is intrinsically valuable because it is created in the image of God. And human life begins at conception.
In her book, Schlesinger said she believes Christians can find common ground on the abortion issue by supporting efforts that help “all people” to flourish. And certainly, she is right that a lot of work needs to be done to help children and families who are struggling. Without the work of millions of pro-lifers at pregnancy resource centers, ministries and more, the need would be far greater.
But supporting the legalized killing of the smallest, most vulnerable member of the family is not the answer. Only by recognizing and protecting the value of every human life, no matter how small or what their circumstances, will society begin to allow every human being the chance to flourish.
This is why I left that CULT 10 years ago, never looked back.
There is no way to justify the murder of an innocent life.
She’ll have some ‘splainin’ to do when she stands before Christ at the judgement seat.
Murdering infants is not the Christian thing to do. God have mercy on her soul.
evil on parade and trailing its coat tails to boot.
Agreed. We left our Episcopal church this year - actually walked out mid sermon.
Currently looking to join a ‘non-political’ church.
Women “need” abortions is like saying injuns “need” killin’.
I bet the women killed in the womb would strongly disagree.
>>but the world is not perfect and women need to have abortions to keep themselves and their babies from suffering.
So why stop there? When someone is suffering from “oppression” from being trapped in a country that they hate for its past and they can’t find anyplace else to live, why don’t we keep them from suffering?
When a college snowflake is triggered by words and can’t possibly continue on because of the pain, let’s end their pain.
In case anyone on Twitter wants to post something to this priestess, her address is @kmays . I just her sent my greetings.
Hey, everyone knows the Bible says killing is OK if it eliminates inconvenience!
We can assume the same for lying, adultery, false gods — you know, the whole shebang is pretty meaningless.
The right of the baby to live supersedes the right of the mother.
Look at the story of Gianna Berrata Molla.
We left 10 years ago next month - the Anglican Church is a really good home for us - best of luck!
Keep abortion legal ... "For the children".
The irony burns with the brilliance of a thousand suns.
Try this one on for size: "Men need the option of legal spousal homicide to keep themselves and their wives from suffering."
Shame and stigmatization are necessary deterrents.
I think it will be a one sided conversation.
Episcopal Cult = Church of the High Holy Anus & Sainted Rectal Prolapse (and Infanticide, too)
>>Try this one on for size: “Men need the option of legal spousal homicide to keep themselves and their wives from suffering.”
Yep. Once you start saying that abortion keeps the baby from suffering, you can justify anything.
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