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RandySF

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Sun Oct 20, 2024, 01:04 PM Oct 20

Anti-abortion faith group emerges after earlier formation of abortions-rights group

A group working against the abortion-rights measure on South Dakota’s Nov. 5 ballot announced Thursday that 220 faith leaders in the state oppose the measure. The announcement came one month after an abortion-rights group unveiled its own coalition of 35 faith leaders supporting the measure.

The new announcement is from the Life Defense Fund, which opposes Amendment G.

The group said the faith leaders signed a joint statement urging South Dakotans to vote against the amendment. One of the signers is the Rev. Janine Rew-Werling, of Hosanna Lutheran Church in Watertown.

“As a pastor, my heart is for post abortive women and their struggles with guilt, shame, anxiety, depression, and even their risk of suicide,” Rew-Werling said in a news release. “I have witnessed the reality of post-abortion trauma, and Amendment G is too extreme, putting women in danger.”




https://southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/anti-abortion-faith-group-emerges-after-earlier-formation-of-abortions-rights-group/

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