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All too often, abortion debates focus almost exclusively on the potential life growing inside a pregnant woman, rather than on the woman herself. It sometimes seems that a woman, upon becoming pregnant, ceases to be a full and complex human being. Instead, the fertilized egg, zygote or embryo in her uterus is valued more highly than her actual life.<\/span><\/div>\n
This happened recently in Texas, where a brain-dead pregnant woman was put on life support for weeks against her own\u00a0wishes<\/a>\u00a0and those of her husband and parents.\u00a0Marlise Mu\u00f1oz<\/a>\u00a0was 14 weeks pregnant when she collapsed on the kitchen floor and suffered\u00a0oxygen deprivation to<\/a>\u00a0the brain. Because she was pregnant, machines kept her heart and lungs working in order to keep her fetus alive. Only after tests revealed severe fetal \u201cabnormalities\u201d did a judge overrule the hospital\u2019s directive and order Mu\u00f1oz to be disconnected from the machines.<\/span><\/div>\n
Such a tragic incident spotlights the horrible impact of\u00a0intrusive laws<\/a>\u00a0that claim to be pro-life but actually trample on the lives of women and their families. Unfortunately,many people<\/a>\u00a0who promote these laws often claim religion as their justification.<\/span><\/div>\n
Given this connection, one might assume that to be religious is to be anti-choice \u2014 and conversely, that one cannot be both a person of faith and a supporter of abortion care. But in reality,\u00a0people of faith<\/a>\u00a0have long supported a woman\u2019s right to make the complex decision about whether to have a child, trusting that she will discern what is best for her. Many Christian\u00a0religions<\/a>, as well as Judaism and other faiths, consider reproductive health care to be a justice issue. And\u00a07 out of 10<\/a>\u00a0women who get abortions are religious.<\/span><\/div>\n
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