The panelists like CAP’s Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative Vice President LaShawn Warren dismissed any Judeo-Christian objections to abortion advocacy. “There are conservatives who will raise a few biblical passages primarily from the Book of Jeremiah and Job about reproductive healthcare,” yet the “Bible has very little to say about abortion.” The “trained theo-ethicist” Leonard concurred that the “Bible didn’t say anything about abortion,” despite numerous Biblical passages indicating that the Bible’s concern for innocent human life included the unborn. Such passages helped inform Christianity’s longstanding opposition to abortion, even before modern science made clear that human life begins at conception.

“The compassionate aspect of Christianity is what compels me to act,” stated Dr. Willie Parker concerning his abortion practice while presenting at the Center for American Progress’ (CAP) conference room on July 12 in Washington, D.C. He and other panelists spoke at the event “At the Intersection of Faith and Reproductive Justice,” which pleased the largely leftist, overflow audience of over 100 people and gave disturbing insight into the Religious Left’s bizarre support for the abortion gospel.

Many might wonder how the often physically brutal extermination of unborn life qualifies as compassion for Parker, yet would presumably make little impression upon his inverted morality and belief in the abortion gospel. As CAP Senior Fellow Jocelyn Frye noted in introducing Parker, he flaunts obscene awards bearing the names of the racist eugenicist Margaret Sanger and the murdered late-term abortionist George Tiller (the “Killer“). Conversing with his fellow African-American Frye, Parker incongruously referenced Martin Luther King, Jr.’s comments on the Good Samaritan to support abortion, even though King and many other civil rights leaders were pro-life.

To “call evil good” also characterized Toni Bond Leonard, a “Founding Mother of Reproductive Justice,” under whose leadership abortion’s euphemism of “reproductive justice got birthed.”

“At the heart of reproductive justice is this intersectional analysis,” she stated while invoking the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the injustice of the abortion gospel. “All of these various inalienable rights are central to women’s existence,” including apparently the right to sex-selective abortions of girls.

Mirroring Parker’s illogic on the abortion gospel, Leonard stated that “my Christian tradition is grounded in a code of love” that somehow does not include the unborn. Her abortion-affirming version of Jesus seemed more of a Social Justice Warrior than Savior. “Jesus walked amongst the disinherited, Jesus was poor, Jesus ministered to those who were dispossessed and had their backs up against the wall and who lacked access to healthcare.”

Contrary to Jesus’ concern for the “least of these,” Leonard appeared to suggest that “quality of life” criteria determined a life’s value. “It is not just about bringing children into the world, they have to do more than survive, they have to thrive and flourish.” Political activist Katey Zehsimilarly mentioned the “ability to create the family of your desires.”

The panelists like CAP’s Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative Vice President LaShawn Warren dismissed any Judeo-Christian objections to abortion advocacy. “There are conservatives who will raise a few biblical passages primarily from the Book of Jeremiah and Job about reproductive healthcare,” yet the “Bible has very little to say about abortion.” The “trained theo-ethicist” Leonard concurred that the “Bible didn’t say anything about abortion,” despite numerous Biblical passages indicating that the Bible’s concern for innocent human life included the unborn. Such passages helped inform Christianity’s longstanding opposition to abortion, even before modern science made clear that human life begins at conception.

Surprising many Bible readers, Zeh announced that “there aren’t any stories in the Bible about abortion, but there are plenty of stories about reproductive repression.”

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