The Office of Public Affairs of the Episcopal Church responded to growing concern about new laws restricting access to abortion in states such as Alabama, Missouri, and Ohio by sending out an email last week summarizing the positions taken by General Convention on the issues of abortion and reproductive healthcare.
Ohio governor and former Episcopalian (now Anglican), John Kasich has vetoed the “Heartbeat Bill” which would ban all abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat with few exceptions. According to his veto message,the Governor’s primary objections to the bill were financial.
“Lest any obstacle arise between the request for reconciliation and God’s forgiveness, I henceforth grant to all priests… the faculty to absolve those who have committed the sin of procured abortion.”
Poland already has the most restrictive laws on abortion in the EU, allowing abortion only at the earliest stages, and if the woman’s life or health is
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case barring protesters from disrupting services at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver. A few years ago,