This presentation will offer a pro-life response to the issue of abortion by utilizing a social justice template. Pro-life and pro-choice adherents have very different understandings of how social justice should be applied to abortion, particularly whose rights take precedence. Yet in spite of our weighty, passionate differences on the legality and morality of abortion, both sides are driven by a concern for social justice. And both sides want to see abortions reduced. And therein lies fertile ground for united efforts to reduce abortions in America. Thus, I suggest three broad social justice activities to reduce abortion rates: material (physical) assistance, social support, and addressing abuse.
The Institute for Cultural Engagement, an official program of Multnomah University and Biblical Seminary