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Out of obedience to Jesus Christ, the
Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality (TUMAS) will
work to create in church and society esteem for human life at its most
vulnerable, specifically for the unborn child and for the Woman who
contemplates abortion. Therefore, TUMAS's first goal is to win the
hearts and minds of United Methodists, to engage in abortion-prevention
through theological, pastoral and social emphases that support human
life."
 
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(05/06/2008)
Although we failed by a slim margin (39 votes on the “Minority
Report” and 26 votes on the main motion) to alter the
denominational relationship with the Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice, Lifewatch efforts at the 2008 General
Conference were successful in strengthening the Social
Principles paragraph on abortion (¶161.J).
Click here and
here to read the legislation.
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The Lifewatch office will be
closed from April 20 through May 4 while we attend the 2008
General Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas. We will follow and
promote passage of petitions which strengthen the Book of
Discipline’s paragraph on abortion and petitions which
require the denomination to withdraw from the
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC).
Please pray for our efforts and for God’s will in all things. |
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(04/08/2008) According to a CBS News
poll taken in July, 2005, 80% of Americans favor a law in which
at least one parent be told before a girl under 18 years of age
could have an abortion, while only 17% oppose such a law.
Source:
pollingreport.com, Accessed 4/8/08. |
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(04/01/2008) “When you consider that
women have been treated as property, it is degrading to women
that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of
as we see fit.” Source:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in a letter to Julia Ward Howe, Oct. 16,
1871. |
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