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Notable and Quotable

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Kendall Harmon

The Diocese supports freedom of choice in abortion. The Diocesan Council in 1969 endorsed “repeal of all laws governing the performance of an abortion by a licensed physician.” Convention in 1972 gave support to New York’s new law permitting prospective mothers “to choose to give or not to give birth to a child.” Convention in 1974 (reaffirmed in 1986) endorsed the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court “allowing women to exercise their own conscience in the matter of abortions.” The Diocese is an affiliate of the New York State Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights.

—The Episcopal Diocese of New York

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2 comments on “Notable and Quotable”

  1. Mike Bertaut says:
    July 1, 2007 at 11:22 pm

    That’s amazing. But there’s more…Check this out:

    Marijuana: “Support for the immediate decriminalization of the possession in private of marijuana for personal use” was voted by Convention in 1975. The same Convention committed the Diocese to support “a model of strict state-regulated control of marijuana sales to adults.” Earlier, in 1973, Convention had memorialized General Convention to call upon civil authorities to grant pardon and/or clemency to “persons who are currently incarcerated for mere possession and use of marijuana.”

    Who are these people?
    KTF….mrb

  2. Charles says:
    July 2, 2007 at 1:44 am

    A bishop calling for the legalisation of marijuana doesn’t bother me at all. A bishop not strongly opposing abortion infuriates me.