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Protestant supporters of abortion rights include the United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Lutheran Women's Caucus. [12] [82] At its 2016 General Conference, the United Methodist Church voted by a margin of 425 to 268 to withdraw from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The vote ...
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), the second largest Lutheran church body in the United States, does not permit same-sex marriage and does not ordain homosexuals. [82] The LCMS Synodical President Gerald Kieschnick was present to register the objections of the LCMS to the ordination of homosexuals at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in ...
The Joint Commission on Theology and Doctrine of the NALC and Lutheran CORE endorsed an anti-abortion stance on abortion in the document "The Lord Is with You" – A Word of Counsel to the Church – The Sanctity of Nascent Life", on December 14, 2012. [10] The North American Lutheran Church is associated with Lutherans For Life. [11]
We do offer a theological basis for allowing the one who is pregnant and both religious and medical advisors to choose abortion for the mental and/or physical health of pregnant people.
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.
Most Americans support access to abortion, including people of many different faiths; 64% of Iowans believe abortion should be legal. As faith leaders from different traditions and denominations ...
In 1970, Strommen, et al. surveyed 4,745 Lutheran adults between the ages of 15 and 65. They were members of the American Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church in America, and Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. 1% stated that they frequently had homosexual intercourse during the past year and 3% stated that they did so occasionally. 90% said that they never had homosexual intercourse during the past ...
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) is an association of Lutheran congregations located primarily in the United States. It describes itself as an affiliation of autonomous Lutheran churches and not a denomination. [4] It began in 2001 in response to some liberal views of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).