In conservative Christian corners, the draft opinion has sparked hope. Faith groups that have historically taken a strong anti-abortion stance have urged followers to pray for Roe’s reversal.
In this photo provided by Felicity Figueroa, the Rev. Sarah Halverson-Cano, second from left, senior pastor of Irvine United Congregational Church in Irvine, Calif., leads congregants during a rally supporting abortion access, in Santa Ana, Calif., May 3, 2022. America’s faithful are bracing — some with cautionary joy and others with looming dread — for the Supreme Court to potentially overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and end the nationwide right to legal abortion.
The Rev. Manuel Rodriguez, pastor of the 17,000-strong Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in New York City’s Queens borough, said his mostly Latino congregation is heartened by the prospect of Roe’s demise at a time when courts in some Latin American countries such as Colombia and Argentina have moved to legalize abortion.Bishop Garland R. Hunt Sr., senior pastor of The Father’s House, a nondenominational, predominantly African American church in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, agreed.
FILE - Anti-abortion protesters from Christ Fellowship Bible Church in Brentwood, Mo., pray on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, outside the Hope Clinic in Granite City, Ill. Metro East clinics are forecasting a surge in out-of-state patients if the Supreme Court indeed overturns federal abortion protections.
Donna Nicolino, a student at Fire Lotus Temple, a Zen Buddhist center in Brooklyn, said her faith calls on followers to show compassion to others. Restricting or banning abortion fails to consider why women have abortions and would hurt the poor and marginalized the most, she said. “The surveyed Sikh community is very clear that no religious or political authority should be deciding this issue,” Singh said.
“Amidst the pain, fear and confusion of an unexpected pregnancy, no one has ever said, ‘I’m excited to get an abortion,’” Winslow said. “And there are times when getting an abortion may be the best chance we have to bring God’s peace to the situation. And I know many would disagree with that position. I would only respond that most haven’t been in my office for these very real and very difficult conversations.
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