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Prophet Spencer W. Kimball (1895 – 1985):
“Among the most common sexual sins our young people commit are necking and petting. Not only do these improper relations often lead to fornication, pregnancy, and abortions – all ugly sins – but in and of themselves they are pernicious evils...”
- Prophet Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 65
“There is such a close relationship between the taking of a life and the taking of an embryonic child, between murder and abortion, that we would hope that mortal men would not presume to take the frightening responsibility....”
- Prophet Spencer W. Kimball, The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, 1982, p. 188
“Abortion must be considered one of the most revolting and sinful practices in this day...”
- First Presidency (Spencer W. Kimball, N. Eldon Tanner, Marion G. Romney), Priesthood Bulletin, Feb. 1973, p. 1-2
“[Church members] guilty of being parties to the sin of abortion must be subjected to the disciplinary action of the councils of the Church as circumstances warrant.”
- First Presidency (Spencer W. Kimball, N. Eldon Tanner, Marion G. Romney), Priesthood Bulletin, Feb. 1973, p. 1-2
“The Church opposes abortion and counsels its members not to submit to or perform an abortion except in the rare cases where, in the opinion of competent medical counsel, the life or good health of the mother is seriously endangered or where the pregnancy was caused by rape and produces serious emotional trauma in the mother. Even then it should be done only after counseling with the local presiding priesthood authority and after receiving divine confirmation through prayer.”
- First Presidency (Spencer W. Kimball, N. Eldon Tanner, Marion G. Romney), Priesthood Bulletin, Feb. 1973, p. 1-2
Prophet Ezra Taft Benson (1899 – 1994):
“We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very foundation of the home and family, our most basic institutions.”
- Prophet Ezra Taft Benson, Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, pp. 539
“... in all seriousness… you who submit yourselves to an abortion or to an operation that precludes you from safely having additional healthy children are jeopardizing your exaltation and your future membership in the kingdom of God.”
- Prophet Ezra Taft Benson, Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, 1988, p. 541
Apostle Boyd K. Packer (1924 - ):
“Except where the wicked crime of incest or rape was involved, or where competent medical authorities certify that the life of the mother is in jeopardy, or that a severely defective fetus cannot survive birth, abortion is clearly a ‘thou shalt not.' Even in these very exceptional cases, much sober prayer is required to make the right choice.”
- Apostle Boyd K. Packer, Conference Report, October 1990, p. 108
“In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.”
- Apostle Boyd K. Packer, Conference Report, October 1990, p. 108
Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley (1910 - ):
“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there were more than 1,200,000 abortions performed in 1995 in the United States alone. What has happened to our regard for human life? How can women, and men, deny the great and precious gift of life, which is divine in its origin and nature? Abortion is an ugly thing, a debasing thing, a thing which inevitably brings remorse and sorrow and regret.”
- Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley, General Conference, October 1998
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