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Resources to address concerns & questions about the Supreme Court's June 24 decision on Roe vs. Wade. (Click the underlined links)

• ELCA Presiding Bishop Eaton: a pastoral message on SCOTUS ruling regarding Roe v. Wade

 

•  A service of Lament and Healing created by Episcopal colleagues. 

 

• A press release from Lutheran Office of Public Policy in Wisconsin and the ELCA bishops in Wisconsin: ELCA Bishops and Lutheran Public Policy Office Respond to Supreme Court Leak on Abortion.

 

• Bishop Eaton’s 2019 letter on abortion 

• The 1991 ELCA Social Statement on Abortion is the authoritative document and guide for what the ELCA’s response to limiting abortion. The statement’s conclusion reads: “The church’s role in society begins long before and extends far beyond legislative regulation. It seeks to shape attitudes and values that affirm people in whatever circumstances they find themselves. Its pastoral care, compassionate outreach, and life-sustaining assistance are crucial in supporting those who bear children, as well as those who choose not to do so. Through these and other means the people of God seek to be truly supportive of life.” 

The page for the social statement includes not only the statement itself, but also a study guide, an introduction and a brief summary.