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From: devonst@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht)
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Subject: Re: Feminism and Abortion
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Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 09:56:06 EDT
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In article <> stim@fluke.UUCP (Randy Stimpson) writes:
>
>The October issue of Sojourners featured an article on abortion by feminist
>Ginny Soley.  In the article she shows how the rights of women and unborn
>children must be addressed together, rather than separately.  Following are
>a few quotes from the article.
>
>....
>
>"The particular and unique contribution of Christian feminism is to question
>two assumptions.  The first assumption it questions is that the individual's
>self-interest is, in fact, the highest value.  The second assumption it
>questions is the vision of justice that pits a woman's rights against a child's
>right to life, that forces us to see only one victim over and against another
>victim.
>
>"What we need is to find a way that is good for both mother and child.  In the
>Christian worldview, the highest value extends beyond individual self-interest
>to what is good for the whole of the community.  The responsibility for
>anything we do also extends beyond the individual to the whole of the
>community."
>
>
>Randy Stimpson

Randy,

Exactly how is this statement a "unique contribution" of Christian
feminism?  Churches faithful to be Bible have always taught that love for
neighbor is a central tenent of the Christian faith.  It doesn't matter
whether that neighbor is a pregnant teenager in need of a place to stay because
her parents have tossed her out of the house, or an unborn child who is
about to be scraped from the womb for the sake of convenience.

The unique contribution of the Christian gospel is that it makes us a
people who are more interested in your rights than in my rights.  We should
all be as the Samaritan who was willing to risk life and property for the
sake of another.

--
Tom Albrecht
"Reformata, semper reformanda"