Religious coalition challenges federal abortion ban on religious grounds

[kpete]

Religious coalition challenges federal abortion ban on religious grounds

RAW STORY
Published: Thursday September 21, 2006

An amici curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Gonzales v. Carhart was filed early Thursday by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) urging the court to strike down the first-ever federal abortion ban on religious grounds.

"The Court's decision in this case will have enormous consequences for every woman in this country, and for the men and children who love and depend on them," said RCRC president and CEO, Reverend Carlton W. Veazey, in a press release obtained by RAW STORY.

"This case will determine if the law will continue to protect the ability of women to choose the safest abortion procedure in cases where their health is at stake or when their baby has such severe problems that it will die shortly after birth," said Veazey.

According to the group's website, "RCRC was founded in 1973 to safeguard the newly won constitutional right to abortion."

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http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Religious_coalition_challenges_federal_abortion_ban_0921.html

[alternativethot]

1. That's great!

Good to see religious folks stand up for something that will surely garner criticism from funadmentalists.

[MissMarple]

2. Destroying families is a fundamentalist family value.

Such misogyny is not a true Christian value. To them a dead mother, wife, daughter here or there means nothing as long as their "values" are followed.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. Ok, if they are going to do this.....

I think the IRS should be notified.