allowing for abortion with the permission of their bishop.
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Just where did you ever get that idea big'ol_freeper?
If you know of such a case you should report it to the statke president!
Heh!
And mormon belief, until 1978, prevented blacks from taking part in rituals that would set them on the path to "exaltation".
Official LDS church statement on abortion:
"The Church opposes abortion and counsels its members not to submit to or perform an abortion except in the rare cases where, in the opinion of competent medical counsel, the life or good health of the mother is seriously endangered or where the pregnancy was caused by rape and produces serious emotional trauma in the mother. Even then it should be done only after counseling with the local presiding priesthood authority and after receiving divine confirmation through prayer."
That is about as liberal as you can get and still say you are pro life. Basically it says you can't murder a pre-born human being unless the mothers life is at stake or the woman's "good health" (does not state whether physical or emotional health") is at risk (easy enough to find a physician to say either of those), or if the woman was raped and is upset...then its ok to murder the little blob of flesh...BUT even though the church says under those circumstances it is ok to murder, you still need to talk to the "local presiding priesthood authority" which I assumed (may wrongly) was the bishop.
Abortion is an illicit act. No reason, rationalization or set of circumstances can make licit that which is illicit by its very nature.
sorry I wasn’t there for this...I am currently in Iraq on active duty I love a good ole bash but prefer it one on one....you will never see that here on FR more like ants vs scorpion. anyway, I have been able to check in now that I’m not on so may patrols so keep me posted. thanks