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Prior to the 20th century, the three major branches of Christianity—Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism [1] (including leading Protestant reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin)—generally held a critical perspective of birth control (also known as contraception). [2] Among Christian denominations today, however, there is a ...
The story of Walatta Petros, a 17th-century Ethiopian noblewoman who was later made a saint, shows that Christianity has a complex history with abortion and contraception. A 1721 manuscript ...
Under the first Christian Roman emperor Constantine, there was a relaxation of attitudes toward abortion and exposure of children. [149] Bakke writes, "Since an increasing number of Christian parents were poor and found it difficult to look after their children, the theologians were forced to take into account this situation and reflect anew on ...
In a 1970 Report, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) rejected the old “taboos and prohibitions” and gave its blessing to “mass contraceptive techniques,” homosexuality, and low-cost abortion on demand. The same year, the Lutheran Church in America fully embraced contraception and abortion as responsible choices.
Embedding that into law could threaten not only abortion access but IVF and contraception. At least 19 states already have some form of fetal personhood laws on the books.
Other influential Christian leaders joined the chorus. For Leatherwood and others, the hands-off attitude of leaving abortion policy to the states to determine the best outcome weakens the ...
Under the first Christian Roman emperor Constantine, there was a relaxation of attitudes toward abortion and exposure of children. [1] Bakke writes, "Since an increasing number of Christian parents were poor and found it difficult to look after their children, the theologians were forced to take into account this situation and reflect anew on ...
Anti-abortion groups are also increasingly talking about the Comstock Act, an 1873 law that banned the mailing of materials related to contraception, abortion, and just about anything else censors ...