What is the position of Restoring Truth Ministries (RTM) on the issue of abortion?
A.1. RTM is dedicated to the defense of human life in all stages, from conception to natural death. RTM believes that there are no valid exceptions that would justify a direct abortion, through which the life of an innocent unborn child is deliberately terminated as an end or as a means to an end, for such an act is murder. The commonly heard arguments for exceptions by pro-choice advocates are logically, ethically, and scientifically flawed. [See the “Is Abortion Ever Moral?” PDF in the box to the right for an explanation of the fallacies of commonly heard supposed justifications for abortion.] Our formal position incorporates the following arguments: 1) it is always wrong to intentionally take an innocent human life; 2) medical science and reason clearly establish that abortion takes an innocent human life; 3) consequently, abortion is always wrong. Further, 4) because of the devastating physical and psychological impacts of abortion on women, arguments to keep abortion legal out of
