[lady lawyer]

You italicized only part of the sentence. The Church does not condone abortion in a pregnancy resulting from consensual sexual relations, unless it is one or those “rare” cases where the mother will die or suffer serious, permanent damage. That almost never happens. The “emotional trauma” part of the sentence has to do with rape. If a woman becomes pregnant as a result of rape, then, and only then, do you consider the “serious emotional trauma.” In other words, even in the case of rape, the mother should think long and hard before having an abortion, counsel with her church leaders, and pray.

97 to 98 percent of abortions are performed on healthy mothers, with healthy babies. The Church would never condone abortion in those instances. Only 2 to 3 percent of abortions involve real threats to the life of the mother, or rape or incest.

I think that is a pretty conservative position, and I cut my legal teeth defending our state’s abortion statute against a challenge by the ACLU. But if you are an absolutist on abortion, then you don’t allow it even when rape is involved.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I guess I can't give the Mormons too much credit for originality. I think that they copied that from the 1971 Southern Baptist Convention's resolution that is even looser and allowed abortion:

"under such conditions as rape, incest, clear evidence of fetal deformity, and carefully ascertained evidence of the likelihood of damage to the emotional, mental, and physical health of the mother."

That's the resolution that gave the green light to Roe vs. Wade and indicated that, aside from Catholics, there would be a general acceptance of abortion.

The "emotional and mental" exemptions are the gaps that they drove 50 million deaths through.

[big'ol_freeper]

You left out the “good health” part, which opens it up to anything physical or mental. Its complete BS.