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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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arguments become irrelevant when applied against a cyclical orspiraling view of life.One reason for the growing popularity of femin<strong>is</strong>tspirituality and its cyclical view of life <strong>is</strong> the way it addresses a postabortedwoman’s need for reconciliation. Imagining an abortedbaby <strong>is</strong> released into the cosmic life force, to be reborn again later, <strong>is</strong>infinitely more pleasant then acknowledging the reality. Byd<strong>is</strong>embodying unborn babies, femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality has lessenedwomen’s internal conflict over abortion. An unborn baby hasbecome “the soul of the pregnancy” 4 or “the spirit of thepregnancy” 5 and abortion <strong>is</strong> simply “releasing spirit life.”Cynthia’s abortion experience <strong>is</strong> not unique and16Charlotte Taft, Abortion Resolution Workbook: Ways to Connect theHead and the Heart ([Dallas: Routh Street Women’s Clinic, 1991?]),http://www.womensservices.com.5Peg Johnston, ed., Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy OptionsWorkbook (Vestal, NY: Southern Tier Women’s Services, 1998),http://www.ferre.org/workbook/, also in print.190

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