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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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social action min<strong>is</strong>try,” 125 which represents “the faith traditions ofpeople in every corner of the world.” 126 The stage <strong>is</strong> being set topromote abortion as an exerc<strong>is</strong>e in religious freedom. Imbedded in a2003 political action speech by PPFA president, Gloria Feldt, wasthe assertion, “forced motherhood <strong>is</strong> a violation of women’s humanrights and a violation of the ethical and religious beliefs of mostAmericans,” 127 repeating the argument from Sacred Choices. PPFA <strong>is</strong>putting abortion rights in a religious frame so that to d<strong>is</strong>allow orlimit a woman’s access to abortion <strong>is</strong> to prohibit her free exerc<strong>is</strong>e ofreligion. In other words, to deny abortion rights, <strong>is</strong> to deny religious137Planned Parenthood Federation of America, afterword to PlannedParenthood D<strong>is</strong>cusses “Sacred Choices”: The Right to Contraceptionand Abortion in Major World Religions,” (n.p.: Planned ParenthoodFederation of America, 2002), 59 (italics mine).138Ibid., 60.139Gloria Feldt, “Hypocr<strong>is</strong>y, Theocracy, and Reclaiming our Birthright ofFreedom,” (speech, City Club of Portland, Portland, OR, May 16, 2003),http://www.behindeverychoice.com/030527_portland_speech.asp(accessed September 24, 2004).246

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