Posted by
jarhead on Friday, December 07, 2007 12:32:40 PM
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Abortion
Church members who encourage an abortion in any way may be subject to Church discipline. But even these circumstances do not automatically justify an abortion.
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Abortion
Therefore, the Church opposes elective abortion for personal or social convenience, and counsels its members not to submit to, perform, encourage, pay for, or arrange for such abortions. The Church teaches its members that even these rare exceptions do not justify abortion automatically.
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Policies and Procedures: Statement on Abortion
Harold B. Lee, N. Eldon Tanner, and Marion G. Romney
Abortion must be considered one of the most revolting and sinful practices in this day, when we are witnessing the frightening evidence of permissiveness leading to sexual immorality. Members of the Church guilty of being parties to the sin of abortion must be subjected to the disciplinary action of the councils of the Church as circumstances warrant.
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The above are from the LDS official website and given in response to a search on the word abortion. The point is to determine what the background is to Mitt’s switch on abortion. It dawned on me that a good Mormon going into the gubernatorial elections in Massachusetts might have been FOR abortion rights as a convenience and went BACK to his real position for this Presidential primary race. Given the above long standing position on abortion it seems realistic that a good Mormon as Mitt would have us believe his is would not have and could not have supported abortion up to his becoming governor and for the first time having to confront the issue of life in legislation presented to him for signature. Does that mean we should all be assured that he really always was against Abortion? NO-it means we should be deeply concerned about a man who’ll change his position to suit the situation.
I may not like some of McCain’s positions and I may not like Huckabee’s denial of science where it conflicts with his faith but I have to respect both men for standing on principle regardless of the consequences. I cannot say the same for Romney and I have to add his inability to state his position on principle his obviously contorted position on the question of gays in the military. Huckabee and McCain had no problem stating their positions quickly and simply but Romney, absent a poll or carefully vetted response, fumbled, mumbled and embarrassed himself. He is NOT genuine, unless genuinely phony works for you.