12.07.2015 Views

ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS
  • No tags were found...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Post­Abortion Healing Support,” in V<strong>is</strong>ion magazine, she describedabortion as a dec<strong>is</strong>ion motivated out of love and “maternalcompassion.” 7According to Par<strong>is</strong>, “It <strong>is</strong> morally acceptable that a womanwho gives life may also destroy life under certain circumstances.” 8In other words, according to femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality, if a womanpossesses the power to create life she also owns the moral authorityto end the life she created.In her book The Sacrament of Abortion, she argued“abortion <strong>is</strong> a sacred act.” 9 She asked, “If the <strong>is</strong>sues surrounding lifeand death and children and love are not religious <strong>is</strong>sues, or at least7Terra W<strong>is</strong>e, “Midwife for the Soul: Unbiased Post­Abortion Support,”V<strong>is</strong>ion, June 2004, 27.8Ginette Par<strong>is</strong>, The Sacrament of Abortion, trans. Joanna Mott (Dallas:Spring Publications), 53.9Ibid. 8.90

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!