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Pro-Choice Statement |
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Issued February 4, 1985
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| On February 4, 1985, the Session
of The First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church VOTED to adopt the following
"Pro-Choice" policy statement: In harmony with Church principles, The First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church affirms that women should have full religious freedom and freedom of personal choice concerning the completion or termination of their pregnancies. Because each faith group approaches the issue of abortion from the unique perspective of its own theology, citizens of the United States hold widely varying viewpoints as to whether abortion is morally justified. This plurality of beliefs leads us to the conviction that the abortion decision must remain with the individual, to be made on the basis of conscience and personal religious principles, and free from government interference.
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