Posted on 08/12/2019 10:28:53 AM PDT by Morgana
People of faith have as much, but no more, right as other people to engage in public deliberation on matters of law or ethics. As a Uniting church minister and teacher of ethics, I support the move from criminalisation to reproductive justice because it separates divisive questions of moral justification (for or against) from the law that applies to all citizens whatever their religious or ethical beliefs.
The ethical debates are undoubtedly divisive. Philosophers, religious leaders, lawyers, bioethicists, and feminist theorists debate the status of the foetus vis-a-vis a womans right to bodily integrity and self-determination. Meanwhile, moral decision-making is lived out in the real lives of women who must determine whether or not to continue an unplanned pregnancy.
Women draw on the resources of their personal values including religious beliefs, scientific and medical knowledge, and their moral wisdom. They weigh up sometimes conflicting values in the context of complex lives, giving consideration to their emotional, physical and financial capacity to parent a child; the stability and safety of their relationship with the father; their responsibility to the children they already have; risks to their physical or mental health; and the health of the foetus. While the language of rights is pivotal in the legal debate, the language of care and responsibility, toward other people and themselves, features prominently in womens moral discernment. The Uniting church acknowledges that its members have diverse views on abortion but holds that it is unjust to criminalise women or doctors for the act of abortion. It advocates a response based on compassion and sensitivity to the complex realities of human life. I contend that recognising the moral agency of women, the capacity of women to make good decisions about whether or not to continue a pregnancy, is crucial for human flourishing, which should be...
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There is more from this so called "Preacher" go read it
When you put Scripture on the same level as the rest of your life you will make bad decisions.
Does she mean Unitarian?
Murder is defined as the preplanned killing of a human being.
Uniting church of Satan
AS a Uniting Church minister, he is going to Hell.
Methodists and Presbyterians united in Australia.
These babies are NOT "collateral damage" from a broader war with evil.
As a minister you are a fraud. You are preaching nothing but feminazi crap.
“Does she mean Unitarian?”
Have no idea. Posted this here in the hopes one of you all would know.
See #7.
Thanks. Wondered what that meant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniting_Church_in_Australia
The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was established on 22 June 1977 when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union.
I have heard of the Unitarians and the Unity Church, both of which are so liberal that it’s doubtful they can really be called Christian. This “Uniting” church sounds like more of the same. I bet they “unite” groups of people by making their doctrines dull as dishwater.
That's man, baby!!
What do you get when you cross a lesbian with Waldo?
trinity = 3
not Christian
Since when is child murder ever a morally good choice?
What Bizarro Hitler World is this freak from?
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
Murder of pure innocents for convenience. For convenience.
Even the Nazi’s will be able to point fingers at these people.
Uniting is a particular strain of left wing apostasy in Australia. The logo in the lower corner looks like the state broadcaster ABC so its all among friends there.
poor waldo!
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