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    Iowa Church Leaders Sign Letter Supporting Abortion

    66 Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian and United Church of Christ Leaders Sign Letter Supporting Abortion

    A group of Iowa clergy and religious leaders signed a letter to the Des Moines Register last week advocating for abortion on demand.

    The letter blasts Iowa lawmakers who are trying to pass a bill prohibiting abortions from the moment an unborn baby's heartbeat is detectable, about six weeks of pregnancy.
    "It is not the role of the government to infringe upon a woman's right to make private medical decisions," religious leaders from various denominations and faiths wrote.
    The 66 signers included leaders from the United Methodist Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Episcopal, Presbyterian Church USA, United Church of Christ, American Baptist and Reformed Judaism. Religious leaders from Unitarian Universalism, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and ULC Humanist also signed the letter urging lawmakers to keep abortions legal for unborn babies whose hearts already are beating.
    Some of the denominations of the religious leaders who signed are at odds with other similar denominations. For example, while the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America takes a position favoring abortion, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod are staunchly pro-life. That holds true for Methodist, Presbyterian, Church of Christ and Baptist denominations as well.
    Many years ago, scientists discovered an unborn baby's heartbeat begins around 21 days after fertilization – usually before the woman knows she is pregnant. Many sources on fetal development report this, though others link to evidence that the heartbeat begins at about 18 days. In 2016, researchers at the University of Oxford found evidence that an unborn baby's heart may begin beating even earlier – by 16 days after conception, according to the Daily Mail.
    However, the pro-abortion religious leaders claimed the bill is based on religion, not science.
    They wrote:
    The constitutional right of women to make their own healthcare decisions is being attacked in the Iowa Legislature. With arguments based only in religious beliefs, it will create harm to Iowa women and a woman's right to make her own medical decisions.
    It is creating a clear path for the government to intrude in the most personal rights and decisions of Iowa women. This is unconstitutional and it is wrong.
    Calling the pro-life legislation "immoral," they argued that women deserve to make their own decisions about their bodies and their pregnancies.
    "Every person has the right to their own personal and religious beliefs and to live their life how they determine is best for them. The government does not have the right to infringe on the freedoms or privacy of Iowa women based on those religious beliefs," they wrote.
    If an abortion just involved a woman's body, perhaps they would have a good argument. But it doesn't. An abortion involves two human beings, the woman and her unborn baby. And the whole purpose of an abortion is to destroy that unborn baby's life. Many decades ago now, scientists discovered that a human life beings at the moment of conception, complete with his/her own unique DNA.

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