One aspect that I miss is the inherent unfairness that sin becomes visible only for women who can get pregnant, but not for men, who can have a lot of premarital sex without worrying about pregnancy and the reaction of others at all. Women are shamed, but not men, even if there are always two participants in sex (and sex is often initiated by men). Men in churches are not saints only because they do not get pregnant. This should be addressed, too, in some way, even if I do not know how yet.
I think it’s sort of a glass half-full/half-empty kind of thing. On the one hand, a lot of religious women are having abortions. But on the other hand, the polls show that women who have abortions are less likely to go to church than the average American. From Pew, 36% of Americans go to church at least once per week. So the percent attending church once a month or more would be higher than that (they don’t separate “once or twice a year” from “once a month or more but not every week”, which is sort of frustrating). A story that comes to mind is that of Maddi Runkles, a straight A student at a Christian high school that became pregnant last year and was barred from attending the graduation ceremonies. The entire pro-life movement immediately rallied behind her and offered support when the story came out. It was a rare moment of unity between right-wing, left-wing, pro-Trump, anti-Trump, apolitical, religious, and secular pro-life groups. The level of support she got was encouraging, but the fact that it happened in the first place shows we still have a lot of work to do.
A story that comes to mind is that of Maddi Runkles, a straight A student at a Christian high school that became pregnant last year and was barred from attending the graduation ceremonies. The entire pro-life movement immediately rallied behind her and offered support when the story came out. It was a rare moment of unity between right-wing, left-wing, pro-Trump, anti-Trump, apolitical, religious, and secular pro-life groups. The level of support she got was encouraging, but the fact that it happened in the first place shows we still have a lot of work to do.