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Date Posted: 07:38:31 01/25/05 Tue
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Robert Towns, Th.D.
's message, "Re: The UnitedChurch of "christ's" view on abortion" on 07:31:00 01/25/05 Tue
Congregations must help keep procedure legal, priest insists
"The abortion rights movement needs support of churches to keep abortion legal, an Episcopal priest told a gathering of about 30 people, including several state legislators, on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
"We must be active in every election and in every realm of government," said the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale, a Massachusetts priest who addressed Naral/Pro Choice Colorado at the Native American Trading Co., 1301 Bannock St.
Ragsdale said churches must join all aspects of the abortion-rights fight, including the blocking of so- called "conscience clauses" by physicians and medical personnel personally opposed to providing abortion services.
"We believe in conscience, but if you can't provide the full range (of services) choose another field," she said to applause.
A generation after abortion became legal in the U.S., 31 years ago today, the divisions over abortion are no clearer than in Protestant churches, the nation's single largest branch of Christianity.
Ragsdale called conservative evangelicals opposed to abortion "a small and wacko fringe" and said an abortion-rights stance is a natural position for a Christian.
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