Stacey Abrams says her faith in God guides her abortion-rights stance

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

KENNESAW, Ga. — Stacey Abrams believes politicians shouldn’t interfere with a woman’s decision on whether to get an abortion, and her own religious faith has reinforced her pro-abortion-rights views.

“Abortion is a medical decision,” Abrams, Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, told Yahoo News in a sit-down interview Sunday in her home state ahead of a campaign event. “It is also a decision that women make because they are not ready to be mothers. … My responsibility as a legislator is to make certain that we allow doctors and nurses and medical professionals to make medical decisions and that politicians stay out of it.”

Abrams, the daughter of two retired United Methodist pastors, also said her religious views are not incompatible with her belief that abortion should remain legal in states like Georgia.

“While your faith tradition may tell you that you personally do not want to make that choice, it is not my right as a Christian to impose that value system on someone else,” she said. “Because the value that should overhang everything is the right to make our own decisions, the free will that the God I believe in gave us.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stacey-abrams-says-her-faith-in-god-guides-her-pro-choice-stance-184213893.html

[shrike3]

1. The way I look at it, too. My church's teachings should not be forced on other Americans.

[DFW]

2. Once a Southerner, always a Southerner, I guess

Though born south of the Mason-Dixon Line myself, I have never been, or wanted to be, a member of the God Squad--but then, I never had an intention of running for office, either.

Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness,
You got to speak your mind,
If you dare.
But don't no don't now try to get yourself elected
If you do you had better cut your hair.

--David Crosby (with Stills and Nash)

[PlanetBev]

3. I think this is a very powerful argument for all of us

My personal faith informs me that supercilious Bible Beaters, God Botherers, and Fascist dictators need to stay the hell out of my business.

[crickets]

4. Thank you, Stacey Abrams. 💙