Reproductive Rights

by Elaine Gilmartin Today, Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was released from the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest on January 2nd. The outpouring of support and concern was incredible and was likely very needed by his family standing vigil during those harrowing first nights. I love sports and as a…

Reproductive Health is THE MOST personal & private of choices. Neither the church, nor the state has the tools AND moral authority to make these choices for the individual… In this series, I look at current events, trying to explore both sides of the debate without drawing a conclusion. I…

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It’s a matter of rights, freedom, life and death — This week, the New York Times released this (stink)bombshell of an article about the political issue of abortion titled When Does Life Begin? With the title itself, the article starts off on entirely the wrong premise, and goes through a longwinded, completely unnecessary philosophical debate about when a fertilized egg…

1. Roe v. Wade What is it? In the early days, individual states were allowed to handle the issue of abortion as they saw fit as there was no explicit protection for abortion in the constitution. For 185 years, the country operated in this way when it came to abortion. Roe v. Wade came…

“…Consideration should be given that God’s will may be for a couple to remain childless…” -2022 General Conference Resolutions At the November General Conference of members of Church of God in Christ Mennonite, the topic of In-Vitro Fertilization was discussed in depth as church members grappled with what they see…