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Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, Dean, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary;

The methodist in the list, I assume, since Garrett is a Methodist Seminary.

However, it is not possible for her to speak for the Methodist church. That can only be done by the every 4 year "General Conference."

She no more speaks for the UMC than does the president of Notre Dame speak for the Roman Catholic Church.

I wish the methodist position on life were better than rape, incest, life of the mother, but it isn't. Although that is the intent, the wording needs to be worked on to make it very clear that life of mother is what's being talked about.

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I agree that the wording of the article leads to the incorrect conclusion that the signers of the letter are speaking on behalf of their respective denominations.

Abortion to save the mother’s life was permitted long before Roe v. Wade and, as far as I know, Protestants and Catholics did not object to it. There are nearly 4000 abortions EACH DAY in the United States, the number of these that truly save the life of the mother are too small to even quantify and in most of these cases the baby was NEVER going to survive.