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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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Within femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality, a woman <strong>is</strong> taught to v<strong>is</strong>ualizeher aborted baby, not <strong>Jesus</strong>, forgiving her. Teaching a woman tov<strong>is</strong>ualize her baby forgiving her, <strong>is</strong>, in essence, deifying the baby. If awoman sees her unborn baby as the necessary vehicle forredemption, she can easily justify her “need” for an abortion as longas the baby <strong>is</strong> imagined as offering understanding and forgiveness.In a case in point, a workbook designed to promoteabortion recommends th<strong>is</strong> very exerc<strong>is</strong>e. The workbook suggestssome women may w<strong>is</strong>h to “sense forgiveness” from the unborn babyprior to the abortion! 57Such a rational minimizes the guilt over abortion. However,anything that takes away from <strong>Jesus</strong> Chr<strong>is</strong>t’s fin<strong>is</strong>hed work on thecross and places the emphas<strong>is</strong> for forgiveness, redemption and57Peg Johnston, ed., Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy OptionsWorkbook (Vestal, NY: Southern Tier Women’s Services, 1998),http://www.ferre.org/workbook/, also available in print.155

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