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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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educators, and private physicians.On April 4, 2001, NAF sponsored a national consortiumentitled, “Increasing Access to Abortion for Women in DiverseCommunities” in Washington, D.C. Both co­chairs of theconsortium were affiliated with PPFA as were many of theparticipants.The gathering explored the barriers to abortion formarginalized members of society and came up with five keyrecommendations to increase access. Of note was the thirdrecommendation­ “Acknowledge the Moral Agency and Spiritualityof Women who Choose Abortion.” According to the report, “Inattempting to connect the dec<strong>is</strong>ion to have an abortion with theovertly secular rhetoric of choice and constitutional rights, theabortion rights movement has ceded ground to right­wing, religiousgroups who use spiritual language to denounce women’s ability to256

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