Gossip: The biggest reason for 'Christian abortions'

[Smellin Coffee]

   

Over 40 percent of women who have had an abortion say they were frequent churchgoers at the time they ended their pregnancies and about a half of them say they kept their abortions hidden from church members, new LifeWay Research shows.

    In a survey released Monday that was sponsored by the pregnancy center support organization Care Net, researchers from the Christian research group LifeWay found that about 70 percent of women who had an abortion self-identified as Christians, while 43 percent say they attended a Christian church at least once per month or more at the time they aborted their child.

    The survey, which interviewed 1,038 respondents who've all had abortions, found that 20 percent of the respondents attended church at least once a week at the time of their first pregnancy termination. Six percent said they attended church more than once per week, while about 54 percent said they rarely or never attended a church.

    As a majority Christian churches do not support aborting a child, only 7 percent of women said they discussed their abortion decision with anyone at church, while 52 percent said no one at their church knew about their abortion. Additionally, 76 percent of them say that the church had no influence on their decision to go through with the abortion.

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    The survey also found that 64 percent of respondents feel that members of the church are more likely to gossip about their pregnancy or abortion consideration rather than actually help them understand their pregnancy options.

    While weighing their abortion decisions, 36 percent said they expected or experienced judgemental reaction from a church, while 26 percent said they expected or experienced condemnation from the congregation.

    Only 16 percent said they expected or experienced a "caring" reaction from the church, while 14 percent said they expected or experienced a helpful reaction.

70% of Women Who Get Abortions Identify as Christians, Survey Finds

 

[subllibrm]

Well there you go. They "felt" and "expected". No wonder they had an abortion.  :

 

[Mr. Hall]

Gossip is not the reason for the abortions per se.  Fear of gossip or condemnation is more the reason why the women do not seek counsel or guidance from their church.  Not that it would matter much apparently since, according to the article 76 per cent of the women surveyed said that "the church had no influence on their decision to go through with the abortion."

"The survey also found that 64 percent of respondents feel that members of the church are more likely to gossip about their pregnancy or abortion consideration rather than actually help them understand their pregnancy options."

" Only 16 percent said they expected or experienced a "caring" reaction from the church, while 14 percent said they expected or experienced a helpful reaction."

"Additionally, 76 percent of them say that the church had no influence on their decision to go through with the abortion."

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[FSSL]

Climate Change is the biggest reason.

 

[Bruh]

It's pretty much always someone else's fault and never their hearts.

 

[FSSL]

It's North Carolina's fault!

 

[Tarheel Baptist]

Climate Change is the biggest reason.

No. Climate change causes radical I****ic terrorism.

 

[Ransom]

Climate Change is the biggest reason.

No, it's because of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.

 

[Tarheel Baptist]

I thought it was because transgender men can't use the ladies rest room or shower in the ladies locker room.