I am assuming tht this is severe sarcasm since Mormons would not want the baby aborted.
Now that you mention it, the mormons do not have any doctrines against abortion...
“We have no revelation on abortion”
Didn’t you assume Mormons were pro-life? That’s certainly the image their church attempts to broadcast, and most Mormons, in fact, mistakenly believe their church opposes abortion and regards it as an objective evil. But not so.
Indeed, the Mormon church accepts abortion for a number of reasons. The Church Handbook of Instructions, approved in September, 1998, states that abortion may be performed in the following circumstances: pregnancy resulting from rape or incest; a competent physician says the life or health of the mother is in serious jeopardy; or a competent physician says that the “fetus” has severe defects that will not allow the “baby” to survive beyond birth. In any case, the persons responsible must first consult with their church leader and receive God’s approval in prayer (156).
This same Handbook, the official policies of the Mormon church to be followed by all local church leaders throughout the world, also claims: “It is a fact that a child has life before birth. However, there is no direct revelation on when the spirit enters the body” (156). Previous teachings by former Mormon prophets referred to the unborn child as “a child,” “a baby,” a “human being,” and decried abortion as “killing,” “a grievous sin,” “a damnable practice.” Spencer W. Kimball, the prophet who died in 1985, taught, “We have repeatedly affirmed the position of the church in unalterably opposing all abortions” (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, 189).
It appears that this “unalterable” position, constantly “affirmed,” is just another in a series of doctrinal and moral teachings that Mormons have reworded, reworked, rescinded, or reneged—though never officially renounced. Such is the quality of the Mormon belief in “continuing revelation.” Don’t expect dogmatic or ethical consistency. Rather, look for expediency and conformity with “the times.”
A further statement in the Handbook says: “The church has not favored or opposed legislative proposals or public demonstrations concerning abortion (156).” While the Mormon prophet claims to speak the mind and will of God, he can neither figure out when the unborn child becomes human or if it is God’s desire that we protect the unborn unconditionally.
Your Mormon friend will offer the excuse that his church leaves many decisions to the free agency (free will) of its people, and that abortion is one such concern. You might point out the irony in the fact that the Mormon church has no hesitation or uncertainty in making the following declarations:
1. “The church opposes gambling in any form” (including lotteries). Members are also urged to oppose legislation and government sponsorship of any form of gambling (Handbook, 150).
2. The church also opposes [correctly, of course] pornography in any form (158).
3. Church members are to reject all efforts to legally authorize or support same-sex unions (158).
There is no need for a member to pray for divine guidance or seek church approval for such activities, for there will be no divine or ecclesiastical finessing of morality to permit even an occasional bingo game. A prayerful game of poker, unrepented, will bar the member from the temple and ultimate salvation; a prayerful, by-the-book abortion, unrepented, won’t.
http://www.catholic.com/library/Mormon_Stumpers.asp
Whoops, I know that you meant to say this in the open...
You being such an up front and open guy...
I’ll take the liberty of answering in the open anyway...
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From PLKIng | 08/01/2009 4:22:35 PM PDT new
Ummm...I have read your posts for some time and know tht you have a huge vendetta against the church and so be it. I do not care. But as an active member of the church I say shame on you for lying. I would never and have never met anyone in the church who would have suggested an abortion. In fact, of the literally thousands of “Mormons” I have met I have never met one that was not pro-life. But so be it. In fact my wife and I and several other families that I know of are looking into adopting. But I know that you have a hatred for the church and look for any and every opportunity to bring it up. So sad. Anyway, please do not bother to write me back as I will have absolutely nothing else to say to you. You obviously have been hurt by someone in the church and are striking out. Hopefully one day you will have a softened heart and learn to love.
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You may haver never met Romney in person, but he has been an abortion ousher fro 40 years...
Ypou may have never met his mother, Lenore Romney, but she was so enamoured with pushing abortion, that she usaed it as her platform when she ran for US Senate from the state of Michigan, in 1970...
From Romney’s own mouth I leaned that “many” of those in leadership in the stakes etc, are pro-abortion...
He boasted that and harassed a talkshow host about that in January, 2008...
I have nothing against any mormon as an individual..
I feel sorry for the ones who are still fooled by that murderous, thieving, sex manic charlatan Joey Smith who gort himself killed in a gun fight breaking out of jail, and the cult of mormonism and their phony jesus..
Nobody should have to live in such a spiritual prison...Jesus came to set us free..
I pray that one day they will meet the real Jesus of the Bible and get saved, and become Christians for the first time....
That should be “he has been an abortion pusher for 40 years”