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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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killed under the bloody banner of the goddess.Elizabeth Moonstone <strong>is</strong> a practicing witch and anabortion<strong>is</strong>t. In her “Blessing For the Abortion<strong>is</strong>t’s Hands,”Moonstone wrote, “Once the W<strong>is</strong>e Woman and the Midwife undidthe pregnant possibility … Now as an abortion<strong>is</strong>t I have sterileinstruments, knowledge of anatomy, modern drugs, a suctionmachine, and my hands.” 26Moonstone’s blessing was publ<strong>is</strong>hed in a femin<strong>is</strong>t abortionrights book. Her reference to the suction cannula as a wand conjuresup images of witchcraft. Her prayer reads in part, “May my handsbe deft and tender … In my abortion<strong>is</strong>t’s hands I hold the plastictippedwand attached to a suction machine. May my hands movethe wand skillfully, feeling the moment of emptying … May myhttp://www.sacred_texts.com/pagaradia/.26Elizabeth Moonstone, “Blessing for the Abortion<strong>is</strong>t’s Hands,” in OurChoices, Our Lives: Unapologetic Writings on Abortion, ed. Kr<strong>is</strong>taJacob, 120­121 (Lincoln, NE: Writers Advantage, 2002).142

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