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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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They assert a woman “can’t be separated from God.” 152 Thefounding director of the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights inSouthern California goes even further claiming that decidingwhether or not to abort actually brings a woman closer to God,“Knowing that God <strong>is</strong> with her in the abortion dec<strong>is</strong>ion ¼ brings awoman into deeper communion with the One from whom all lifesprings.” 153Both beliefs demonstrate an arrogant contempt for the Wordof God. Sin separates us from God’s holy presence, 154 and the“deeper communion” with God prom<strong>is</strong>ed to women whocontemplate abortion <strong>is</strong> deception. The Bible warns, “If I regard152Ava Torre­Bueno, Peace After Abortion, 2 nd ed. (San Diego:Pimpernel Press, 1997), 110 (italics in the original).153Bunnie Riedel, foreword to Abortion : My Choice, God’s Grace, ed.,Anne Eggebroten (Pasadena: New Paradigm Books, 1994).154Isa. 59:1­3.261

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