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Christian attitudes surrounding abortion have a more nuanced history than current events suggest

  • Written by Luis Josué Salés, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Scripps College
Christian attitudes surrounding abortion have a more nuanced history than current events suggestThe story of Walatta Petros, a 17th-century Ethiopian noblewoman who was later made a saint, shows that Christianity has a complex history with abortion and contraception.A 1721 manuscript/Wikimedia Commons

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