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PRESBYTERIANS
In the closing hours of the final day of the
Beaumont session, the Synod of the Presbyterian
Church approved a report favoring therapeutic abortion.
An amendment was attached by the Reverend John
Banhoff of Dallas stressing the value of human life.
A reservation to the report, approved by the
commissioners, says that abortion cannot be condonedif it is for utilitarian purposes.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Presbyterians], script, May 23, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1146125/m1/1/?q=%221969-05-23%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.