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also feel very sad that any unborn child would ever be subjected to abortion. Wouldn’t it be a wonderful thing if women in every circumstance where they
considered abortion would consider giving birth to the child, and if they couldn’t keep it, to afterwards put it up for adoption? However, to clarify, we are
specifically and absolutely against abortion, except in the extreme and traumatic situation of incest or rape. Because of that particularly terrible situation,
and the emotional devastation of it, the Church will allow the woman to make the decision on abortion without fear of condemnation or judgment.
The
Church definitely does not condone abortion, but considers the needs and the faith of the individual. In such a particularly sensitive and uncommon
situation in which pregnancy might occur due to rape or incest, it leaves the decision solely, and without comment, to the private needs of the individual.
Sincerely,
Donny Osmond
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