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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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Pagan Book of living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings,and Meditations on Crossing Over, described when human lifebegins as a mystery. Speaking of abortion, she wrote, “It <strong>is</strong> in ourencounter with the mysteries of birth and death ... that we meet theGoddess. So to take away our right to have that encounter, to facethat often painful and difficult choice, <strong>is</strong> to deny a woman’s deepestspiritual self.” 17Starhawk makes abortion a time of communion with thegoddess, Par<strong>is</strong> maintains abortion <strong>is</strong> a sacrifice to the goddess, andBudapest claims women possess divine authority to chooseabortion. These perspectives give r<strong>is</strong>e to a religious justification forabortion. A Wiccan High Priestess and abortion supporter put itth<strong>is</strong> way, “It <strong>is</strong> only in maintaining full control of our bodies that17Miriam Simos a.k.k. M. Macha Nightmare and the ReclaimingCollective, The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals,Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over (NY:HarperCollins Publ<strong>is</strong>hers, 1997), 234.95

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