Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Lutherans Approve Anti-Abortion Stand
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The biennial assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America took a firm stand against abortion, condoning it only as “an option of last resort.” The delegates, meeting in Orlando, Fla., voted 905 to 70 for a policy stating that abortion is acceptable only when the life of the mother is endangered, when the fetus is so abnormal it would soon die or in the cases of rape or incest. The delegates also urged U.S. economic pressure on Israel to stop Jewish settlements in Arab territories.
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