Here in the mid-South (Upper East Tennessee) I'd wager the vast majority of girls and women who abort, are declared Christians.
You hear girls say, "Jesus understands my situation. He's so forgiving. He knows why I have to have this abortion. ... Besides, I'm only a little bit pregnant. So I'll have this little procedure, I'll cry a little after, and then that's behind me. Jesus wants me to do what's best for everyone, and this is best for me, my boyfriend, my mom and dad, AND the baby.
"I pray God will send the baby's soul to somebody else, somebody who's ready for him and will love him. Doesn't a baby deserve that?"
It's like the baby's going to be adopted after he's aborted and reincarnated elsewhere.
(Shakes head.)
A “strong Christian” I know actually posted his horoscope earlier this week.
I’ll raise you on that one.
There are these Fundie churches that stress how a woman should “obey” her husband, this includes having an abortion if he deems it necessary. I actually read a story of this. Not only did the church deacon and his wife tell the woman to “obey” her husband and have the abortion but they drove her to the clinic and dropped her off down at the end of the street. Of course Mr. and Mrs. Deacon were not willing to take the woman into the clinic and sit with her in order to help her “obey” her husband, as was her spineless husband who by the way divorced her some time later. What a surprise. NOT!
Here’s the book I read it in if anyone’s interested.