Category: Christians and Abortion

In her book, pro-life leader Lila Rose wrote about the church she attended growing up:

“Like many churches, abortion was almost never talked about at our church even though, at the time, more than a million women were having an abortion each year. The abortion industry’s own surveys show that 70% of American women who had abortions considered themselves Protestant or Catholic…

Despite the prevalence of abortion, even among churchgoers, our pastors never addressed the topic at youth group and would very rarely address it with the larger congregation. Statistically, however, it was inevitable that many women – and men – at my church had been affected by abortion. I decided to call one of my pastors and point-blank ask for permission to give a presentation…

It took a full year of work to finally convince our pastors to allow our pro-life group to come and talk about abortion.

My friends and I had to meet with our pastors multiple times to explain exactly what we planned to do, show each presentation in detail, make some compromises on the material, and more.”

Lila Rose Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World (Nashville, Tennessee: Nelson Books, 2021) 47 – 48

Source for statistic:

Rachel K Jones, Jacqueline E Darroch, and Stanley K Henshaw “Patterns in the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000 – 2001” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34 no. 5 (September/October 2002)

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Pro-life activist Norman L Geisler writes:

“One day my curiosity was piqued at our clinic when I wondered who owned the building they were renting out to kill unborn babies. I wish I hadn’t asked. Unbelievably, it turned out to be two Roman Catholic businessmen and an evangelical Christian!

I thought I would like to speak to the evangelical. When we met for breakfast, I asked if he knew what was transpiring in his building.

He did, but immediately passed the responsibility onto his wife with whom he inquired before he entered the contract to rent the building to abortionists. She rationalized to him, “Well I would like to think there was a place our daughter could go, if she got into trouble!”

When I pointed out that he was profiting from renting a building in which they were regularly killing little unborn human beings, he justified his actions, saying, “If I dropped out of the contract, I would lose thousands of dollars.”

Norman L Geisler “Foreward” in David Ross Choosing for Two: An Examination of Abortion Decision-Making and Its Implications for Crisis Counseling (Portland, Oregon MW Media, 2017) vi

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According to research done in 2014, 13% of women having abortions are self-proclaimed Evangelical Christians.

Jenna Jerman, Rachel K. Jones and Tsuyoshi Onda “Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients in 2014 and Changes Since 2008” Guttmacher Institute May 2006

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From pro-life author and speaker Karen B Stevenson, MD, M.Div.:

“One pastor admitted that she pressured her niece to have an abortion in order to “save face” in her religious community.”

Karen B Stevenson, MD, M.Div. Heart Cries & Healing: The Black Church, the Black Woman, and Healing the Hidden Pain of Abortion (Meadville, Pennsylvania: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., 2017) 37

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An article in the New York Times profiled women having abortions. This is the story of one woman:

“Alexia, a Baptist who wore a cross pendant, prayed all through the two-and-a-half-hour drive from Delta State University in Mississippi. She was having her third abortion.”

She says:

“My religion is against it. In a way I feel I’m doing wrong, but you can be forgiven. I blame myself. I feel I shouldn’t have sex at all.”

JOHN LELAND” Under Din of Abortion Debate, an Experience Shared Quietly” New York Times SEPT. 18, 2005

Christians have abortions just like other people. Churches need to tell their parishioners where they can go to for support and explain to them why abortion is wrong.

Above: Preborn baby at the end of the first trimester

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