Pro-Choice and Christian: Reconciling Faith Politics and Justice

Despite the claim by many Christian leaders that the pro-life/antiabortion position is the only faithful response to the debate about reproductive rights many people of faith find themselves in a murky middle of this supposedly black-and-white issue. Christians who are pro-abortion rights are rarely pro-abortion. However they view the decision to carry a pregnancy to term as one to be made by the woman her medical team her family or personal counsel rather than by politicians. Pro-Choice and Christian explores the biblical theological political and medical aspects of the debate in order to provide a thoughtful Christian argument for a pro-choice position with regard to abortion issues. Kira Schlesinger considers relevant Scriptures the politics of abortion in the United States and the human realities making abortion a vital issue of justice and compassion. By examining choice from a Christian perspective Schlesinger provides a common vocabulary for discussing faith and reproductive rights.