I am writing on behalf of the Religious Institute. We regret that the content of our press release and the Open Letter on Abortion as Moral Decision were so inaccurately reported by LifeNews. We also regret that Angela Abbamonte did not contact us for a response before filing this report on Religion News Service.
We refer readers to our web site, so that they can read our press release and the Open Letter for themselves. The press release states clearly that the Open Letter, which affirms a woman’s moral agency with regard to abortion, was signed by more than 1,100 individual clergy and religious leaders from many denominations. Neither the Open Letter nor the press release calls for taxpayer-funded abortions as part of health reform legislation.

Once again an anti-abortion group and RNS screw the pooch.

I am strongly against abortion of unborn child. I amazed how can a mother do this to her child?? And why??

It’s not a “child”.

Our news article initially indicated that the denominations themselves also signed onto the letter, but that has been changed to correct the record to indicate that the clergy signed the letter on their own behalf and not for any denomination.
We correctly reported that more than 1,100 clergy members signed off on the pro-abortion letter, which is a clear deviation from pro-life Biblical principles.
You can see the updated story and correction at http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5535.html
LifeNews.com make mistakes as any media organization sometimes does. Just like any other media outlet we are happy to correct any mistakes we make and we did so in this case.
At the same time, the materials from the Religious Institute make it very clear that, while they may not have signed on to this particular letter, denominations like the United Methodist Church and the ELCA have long supported unlimited abortions.
The real issue involved here is why so many clergymembers and denominations support abortions — which clearly kill unborn children and hurt women medically and mental health-wise.
Steven Ertelt,
Editor
LifeNews.com

They are not “children”, abortions are often (normally?) safer than childbirth and they quite often help women and families.
The real issue involved here is why you, Steven, and your ilk, take it upon yourselves to try to tell the women and the families of America and the world what they can and can’t do.

nnmns, grow a heart will ya? They are children and alive. Abortion is murder. Go look at ultrasounds of a child in its final trimester and tell me that it is not a child and/or alive! A mother does not own the child that is in their womb. To acknowledge that would be in favor of slavery, something we thankfully have abolished in this part of the world. They are simply stewards and caretakers for their babies until they reach an age when they can care for themselves.
Last I heard, murder was illegal. Therefore our ilk will not cease until it is illegal and acknowledged as it should be…abortion=murder.

nnmns thinks that they are some other species while the poor life is hanging on and depending on it’s mother’s protection which is a non-Christian viewpoint but according to God there is never a time when you were not you.

“”…They are not “children”…”"
…so, just where did your sweet life begin? You are heartless, pathetic and should be glad you are so well off.
Consider yourself being unborn, with a “happy” pagan ma-ma as your only hope of survival.

The woman has control of her own body…no one else. This means that no one, no one, can tell her what to do with it. Disagree with abortions? Don’t have one.
A world without them would be ideal only, ONLY if all children were wanted, loved and cared for. When that happens, then perhaps there will never be a woman who has to make the decision to terminate or not.
Teach prevention, using condoms and other reliable forms of birth control. Teach responsibility. Teach sex ed starting early enough that perhaps the facts instead of misinformation gets to them before they experiment. Offer alternatives to an abortion, but never take away the woman’s right to that safe termination. She would probably have one anyway if that right was withdrawn, using a butcher or a coat hanger.

pagan quote, “ONLY if all children were wanted, loved and cared for.”
pagan I know women who wish someone had advised them against abortion who experience post abortion grief symptoms for years because someone like you said abort if you at the time don’t want or can’t love or care for the life inside.

Pagansister have no sense other than selfish “I am the center of everything”.
What happens when a woman practices gorge and purge (bulemia)? You condone that, too, don’t you. Hypocritte!
What about when that same woman is old and without family and no one loves her or can afford to pay her way? Kill her? You are a lying hypocrite!

Just what the h*** has a bulemic woman to do with whether she has an abortion or not, Poupon U? Why would I condone that? She is, however, controling her own body, huh? Lying Hypocrite? Resorting to name calling are we? I worked with kindergarteners who did that. Proves age doesn’t always mean someone is grown up…they were 5. Should I assume you’re chronologically older?
You mentioned the same woman is old and without family and no one loves her etc. What does that have to do with a woman controling her own body? Pull the plug on the old without money etc.? No, I would want her taken care of. (health care for all as the President is working for). Again, I ask, what the h*** as that sceniero got to do with the topic, Oh Wise One?
Ck, we’ve been through the woman and guilt discussion before. Some have it and some don’t. It depends on the woman, so to assume that all feel guilty later is not correct. Someone like me doesn’t make the decision for anyone…each woman makes and lives with her own decision. Much prefer abortions never happen, but they do.

pagan I actually applaud PouponU I am happy that you now know how you make Christians visiting this site when you rake us over the coals. You even call the pope bennie. Not nice or friendly. That said I do agree when you say women that do seek abortions should not resort to clothes hangers and backroom abortions. Education is the key but condoms is not the answer the more promiscuous the behavior the less value place on sex, intimacy, spiritual, love and commitment, life become even cheaper than it is already.

cknuck…PU really doesn’t bother me. He just decided to act like a 5 year old…actually many 5 year olds are more mature. Yes, I say what I feel…as do others. If being critized bothered me I wouldn’t be on these boards. In fact some are humorous. Yes, I call the leader of the RCC Benny. Not nice or friendly? So be it. If he warranted respect, I’d give it to him. IMO, he doesn’t.
As to condoms….I’d much rather they be used to help prevent not only unplanned pregnancies but also help prevent the spread of disease. “Promiscuous” behavior isn’t caused by condoms….those who are going to mess about (no matter what age) are going to whether they have condoms or not. IMO, I’d rather those folks mess about with the condoms, instead of without.

I am “Poupon U”.
Just as has been said, it was a mirroring post.
What has a woman bulemic, a woman prostitute and a woman alcoholic have to do with abortion? IT’S THEIR BODIES! HANDS OFF!! THEY MUST BE ALLOWED TO TREAT THEIR OWN BODIES ANY WAY THEY WANT!! Just like you want them to be able to do with abortions.
Right…
The audacity of hypocrisy.

Like I said PU/GC….acting like a 5 year old…
And yes, they are untimately responsible for their own bodies….alcoholic, bulemic, and with regard to reproduction. Help is always available for all…and choises given, but ultimately, the woman is responsible.
The fact that you can’t see that really isn’t my problem, PU (appropriate)/GC.

Your writings indicate certain, deadly cold-heartedness.
“Let women fall to all pathology! Long live abortion rights!”.
The audacity of a fanatic.

WOW! GC,PU, I’m impressed. (not really). You’ve added cold hearted AND fanatic to the list. Now I’m that plus a “false guide”? This is getting funnier and funnier, the amount of name calling (again that 5 year old mentality) you present when you can’t think of anything constructive to say…except for your famous word “audacity”. I needed a good laugh and you have given me yet another chuckle for the day. Thanks for that. You are always good for a laugh.
“Long live abortion rights”!(GC) You are so right…finally got the message, huh? Now I’m really impressed!! In case you haven’t learned in your short life, adult human beings (male and female) are ultimately responsible for their own actions with a few exceptions (mental illness, some circumstances etc.) This is something taught from childhood by most loving parents….teaching a child to take responsiblity for what they do. Obviously some never learn and continue to place blame on someone else.
Hope your day is just plain….audacious!

“”…This is getting funnier and funnier, the amount of name calling (again that 5 year old mentality) you present when you can’t think of anything constructive to say…”"
In the context of human history, the Supreme Court justices who first lifted murder of innocents to the realm of a “right”, those justices since then who have not overturned the grievous travesty are not at all outside the category that includes Stalin, Ghengis Khan, Pol Pot, Hitler and others who sought to eliminate human life as a means to power. This list includes no mistakes-of-nature, humanity is riven with the likes of them, history merely preferring the numbers of dead over sheer intent.
Advocates of abortion “rights” fall into this category, and are rapidly approaching the numbers needed to fill chapters of history books.
You deserve a name, one that clearly identifies who you are.
Let history be the judge.
In the mean-time, I’ll keep you on your guard.

I have several names, GC, that identifies me and who I am. I wear all them proudly. One for this site, and others…daughter, sister, wife, mom, mother-in-law, aunt, great-aunt and soon to be grandma. So thanks, I’ll keep those. Your’s are inconsequential, and pretty funny and actually, totally inaccurate. (also really childish).
As to the names you’ve given the Supreme Court justices…reminds me of McCarthy and his nonsense. The Justices recognize(ed) that women have the right to control their bodies. Men don’t always agree with that as some think they have a “right” to control women…that Biblical stuff of old, but guess what? They don’t! Nor does the government.
Yes, there are bad people all over the world who continue to kill, in whatever name they choose…their god, their holy books tell them to, their vanity, their prejudices against another tribe, their desire to remain in power…none good reasons, but they are used as excuses.
However, women and those who support their personal right do not fall into that catagory.

“”…I have several names…”"
…for I am Legion…

“”…Men don’t always agree with that as some think they have a “right” to control women…”"
If the woman in question is about to kill HIS baby (and it is just as much his as hers) then a man has every right to “control women”.
Men have been and continue to be left out of a discussion that could not exist without them. A man has equal rights to say what happens to a baby – period.
The audacity of sexism.

Ultimately it is the woman, GC….and hopefully there would be discussion with the male involved, if indeed he gives a dam, and many or some don’t want to accept the responsibility or even admit they are the sperm donor, but it is ultimately the woman’s decision…..and there is NEVER a time when a man has the right to control a woman …NEVER. (not even if she knows the sperm donor).

…you are more foolish than I believed.

And the word of the day, Ladies and Gentlemen, is FOOLISH! Run out of new words on the 30th of October, GC?
….”you are more foolish than I believed”. GC
Wouldn’t want to disappoint, GC. ;o) After all YOU would be the expert on foolishness. Have read enough to know an expert when I read what they have written.

BTW, GC, why does it bother you that women have the final say in an abortion decision? You failed to address that I said men NEVER have a right to control a woman…guess you agree, huh? Changed your mind, I guess. Good.