These Christian women are fundamentally divided on abortion. But one common thread unites them

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Meanwhile, majorities of each of the other Christian subgroups surveyed support abortion in some or most cases, including Catholics.
52% : Butler said that as an advocate for reproductive justice, she works with "a lot of pro-life leaders" who are also concerned about providing more support for pregnant women.
51% : For Holloway, "abortion is a Band-Aid to bigger issues," and this informs her advocacy work.
49% : Jennifer Butler and Stephany Spaulding, meanwhile, turn to their Christian faith to guide their work for reproductive justice, in support of the right to abortion.
49% : The women ABC News spoke with said their faith helps shape their principles, and while there are fundamental differences that divide them, they are also linked by a common concern: addressing the root causes of abortion.
47% : Spaulding, a Baptist pastor and a Democratic candidate for Illinois' first congressional district, said that as a faith leader she approaches the issue of abortion with "compassion, empathy, and a thirst for justice for those who are the most vulnerable." "What our faith tradition calls us to are the three tenets [of] freewill, grace and love," she said.
44% : As part of her activism, Rose has conducted controversial undercover investigations targeting the work of Planned Parenthood, the nation's top abortion provider.
43% : According to Rose, the president of Live Action, an anti-abortion nonprofit, her advocacy against access to abortion is not just religious, but based on a "universal morality." "You can fight for life, no matter your religious background," she said, "but being a Catholic - it's definitely crystal clear for any Catholic that life is precious."
42% : And as the nation braces for a Supreme Court decision that could impact Roe v. Wade, Christian woman on either side of the abortion debate reflected on how their faith informs their views on abortion.
41% : For Rose, who believes in a nationwide ban on abortion, overturning Roe would be "a step in the right direction," she said, but not "full justice."
41% : "Depriving people of access to this important element of health care called abortion is incredibly cynical.
39% : Despite fundamental disagreements on abortion, the women shared concerns about economic inequalities, which may contribute to a woman's decision to get an abortion or limit access to reproductive care.
39% : Holloway said she doesn't want to "demonize" anyone's choices because her advocacy is not focused on opposing abortion but on addressing its root causes.
38% : But in the late 1970s, Falwell established the Moral Majority - a political action committee to advance a conservative agenda - and one of the issues they took on was the fight against abortion.
38% : White evangelicals are more likely than other Christian subgroups to say that their religious views influence their views on abortion, according to a May 2022 Pew Research Center survey examining American views on abortion.
37% : When evangelicals first began debating Roe, McAlister said, "they were not so clear, necessarily that the Bible didn't allow abortion."
34% : " "Building up a community in a culture that values lives means that we need to make abortion unnecessary," she said.
33% : According to the poll, the majority of white evangelicals believe abortion should be mostly illegal.
31% : "This is where Catholics and evangelicals came together," McAlister said, adding that over the years, abortion has become an "identity issue" for white evangelicals.

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