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Useful Resources:

Faith Aloud has spiritual counseling available for women before and after abortion and includes helpful videos about abortion perspectives from several religions.

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Includes discussions on religion in many of the world’s religious traditions, including Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, in addition to different forms of Christianity, and links to coalition members who represent many Christian and Jewish groups.

The Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice has information on the Ohio RCRC options counseling services, and a good library of materials on religion and reproductive choice.

Catholics for Choice takes a firm stand on abortion as a matter of individual conscience and explains this in the context of the Catholic theology.

Religious Institute Leaders from 50 religious traditions express their ”faithful voices on sexuality and religion” and explain their support of abortion as a moral choice.

RH Reality Check also has an index of articles they have run on religion and reproductive choice.

Sacred Choices by Dan Maguire - excerpts from a book by a Catholic theologian on nuanced thought about abortion in many of the world’s faith traditions.

Abortion & Spirituality

Pregnancy decisions are complex and engage some of life’s biggest questions. Women facing this deserve love and respect, regardless of what they decide. And if they need it, they deserve forgiveness and peace. Some women readily find this in their own community or place of worship. Others struggle to make sense of the spiritual and moral components of their experience and wonder what religions have to say about abortion.

At Preterm, we honor the faith and spirituality that our patients bring to their pregnancy decisions and abortion experience. Our Reflection Room, created as sacred space, is available for prayer and contemplation. It is stocked with books from several faith traditions. We also have collections of prayers, reflections, and rituals that our staff and our patients have found or created to provide comfort and meaning during this time. Our patient advocates are here to help every woman find the spiritual resources she needs to make her decision and to heal, including referrals to local pro-choice clergy.

People of many religions and faith traditions agree that a woman is a moral agent able and responsible for making decisions about sexuality, pregnancy, and childbearing according to her own conscience and her own relationship with her god or divine power. Historically, many clergy members helped women obtain abortions when laws made that difficult, and they worked to ensure safe, legal abortion for all women. Many major denominations and faith traditions have adopted clear statements in support of reproductive rights. Explore the links to the right for more information.

"I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God-given and I believe that they were necessary for the people to whom these religions were revealed. And I believe that if only we could all of us read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoints of the followers of these faiths, we should find that they were at bottom all one and were all helpful to one another." — Mahatma Gandhi

See Emotional & Spiritual Concerns and Making a Decision for links to workbooks and other resources for exploring your feelings and beliefs about abortion.

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