GT interviews Dallas Kornelsen, part of Many Rooms Church Community, an EMC house church group in Winnipeg, and a staff member at Crisis Pregnancy Centre of Winnipeg.

As we heard from over 20 women throughout EMC with varying levels of experience and study on the topic of abortion, similar threads wove through their responses. For almost everyone who grew up in the church, abortion had been a simple issue with a clear right and a clear wrong, yet for many of them, their perspective has shifted over time. Without questioning the sanctity of life or the fact that abortion is the death of a child, each one acknowledged that it is an extremely complex topic…

To address the topic of abortion, several women leaders of the EMC were asked about their views. Some provided written responses to key questions, and some were interviewed through video conference. One of the questions pertained to abortion in the church.

Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade a few months ago, it’s the abortion conversation in and about the US that has dominated most of our thinking and Canadian information and the concerns here have been largely overshadowed. For that reason, some basic information about abortion in Canada is being included in this issue.