Church that helped Jane Roe still aids abortion-seekers
Rev Daniel Kanter preaches about abortion access at First Unitarian Church of Dallas in Texas
But they all had one thing in common - each was more than six weeks pregnant and could not legally obtain an abortion in the state of Texas. An earthquake Supreme Court decision in the US last week has reversed a 50-year precedent which had said that American women had a constitutional right to an abortion - and many of those who had campaigned for this reversal were prominent Christians.
The division often comes down to an existential question about when life begins, and a theological debate over how Jesus instructs followers to live their lives. For Albert Mohler Jr, an evangelical Baptist and president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe "was absolutely necessary". For Mr Mohler, and thousands of evangelical Christians, the Bible is unequivocal on abortion.
Christ "showed up for people in their vulnerable moments, especially for people who were impacted by systemic oppression and those who were pushed to the margins," she said. "I see Him being a clinic escort, being there inside to hold their hands.""Before Roe, the clergy of my church were driving women to the Gulf of Mexico to get on boats to go out in international waters and have legal and safe abortion," Rev Kanter said.
"But the more we learned about how difficult it actually was [to get an abortion]... we just got radicalised," the now-92-year-old said.
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