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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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Anna Runkle <strong>is</strong> a former research analyst for PPFA. Sheserved as a volunteer abortion counselor and <strong>is</strong> the author of In GoodConscience: A Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Guide to DecidingWhether to Have an Abortion. The book <strong>is</strong> recommended by GloriaFeldt, PPFA’s president, and contains questions, checkl<strong>is</strong>ts andwrite­in sections designed to help a woman determine if abortion <strong>is</strong>an appropriate dec<strong>is</strong>ion.In her book, Runkle explained people can worship God,“Higher Power, Goddess, Life Force, the Universe, Great Spirit, orCreator,” or even “nature itself.” 142 In the write­in section of thebook dealing with spiritual beliefs, Runkle suggested seven spiritualpractices. Of the seven, two were relating to the occult. One wasNew Age meditation, and the other was occult writing. After writinga prayer to her deity, a woman <strong>is</strong> told to “Turn the piece of paper154Anna Runkle, In Good Conscience: A Practical, Emotional, andSpiritual Guide to Deciding Whether to Have an Abortion (SanFranc<strong>is</strong>co: Jossey­Bass, 1998), 4.253

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