The Protestant's Dilemma: How the Reformation's Shocking Consequences Point to the Truth of Catholicism

by Devin Rose

Protestant Reversal on Abortion and Divorce From the Reformation until the 1960s, all Protestant groups condemned abortion as evil, but as the winds of modern society began to shift, so did Protestant teachings. It began with the Episcopal Church in 1967, when its General Convention voted to approve abortions in certain situations.121 The dominoes continued to fall over the next five years, with the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) reversing its pro-life position to support unrestricted access to abortion, the Lutheran Church in America (a precursor to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) declaring it was the decision of the woman, and the United Methodists, the United Church of Christ, the Disciples of Christ, and even the Southern Baptist Convention following suit.122