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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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Maguire’s book. It was designed to be used in conjunction withSacred Choices.Maguire <strong>is</strong> a longtime PPFA insider, a member of thePPFA’s Clergy Adv<strong>is</strong>ory Board and a popular speaker at PPFAevents. In January 2004, Maguire spoke at a PPFA event in NewYork. During h<strong>is</strong> speech he referred to abortion services as “not justgood work but holy work.” 113 In an article titled, “Sex, Ethics, andOne Billion Adolescents,” Maguire argued “the right to a safeabortion, <strong>is</strong> an <strong>is</strong>sue of religious freedom.” 114 Th<strong>is</strong> conceptpermeates Maguire’s Sacred Choices. The book repeatedlyconceptualized abortion as a religious right, “the right to choose an125Emma Pearse, “Pro­Choice Clergy Ra<strong>is</strong>ing Moral, Religious Voice,”Women’s E­News, March 18, 2004,http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1753/context/archive(accessed Septmeber 24, 2004).126Daniel C. Maguire, “Sex, Ethics, and One Billion Adolescents,” TheReligious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics,http://www.religiousconsultation.org/sex,_ethics_&_one_billion_adolescents.htm (accessed September 24, 2004).241

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