For Conservative Christians, the end of Roe was a spiritual victory
The New York Times says FOR NEARLY 50 years, for conservative Christians at least those who marched, strategised and prayed came to fruition.
On an ordinary Friday morning in June, the day they had dreamed of finally came.
Ending the constitutional right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade took a decades-long campaign, the culmination of potlucks in church gymnasiums and prayers in the Oval Office.
It was the moment they long imagined, an outcome many refused to believe was impossible, the sign of a new America.
For many anti-abortion groups grounded in Catholic or Evangelical principles, the Supreme Court’s decision was not just a political victory but a spiritual one.
“It is more than celebration,” said Archbishop William E. Lori, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
“It is a moment of gratitude to the Lord, and gratitude to so many people, in the church and beyond the church, who have worked and prayed so hard for this day to come.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/us/conservative-christians-roe-wade-abortion.html
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