“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
