We covered an anti-abortion protest and had to write an editorial response. Here is mine.

The issue of abortion has evolved, and I fear the church has been slow to catch up. No longer an issue of right and wrong, abortion is an issue of why. The true measure of the success of the Church will be if abortion is available to everyone, forced upon none and never chosen. As a Christian, I am pro-life. I believe that a baby is a precious life to be protected, cherished and nurtured. I also believe we are deceived if we see government legislation as the solution to abortion.
None of the majority reasons cited for having an abortion falls outside the role of the church.* We must see that where abortion is the solution, the church has not engaged the problem. If a woman is shamed, the church has failed to open its arms. If a family cannot afford another child, the community has not stood beside them. The often cited “hard cases” of abortion are rare and need to be dealt with in wisdom and understanding, and our stance should always be freedom. Not freedom to choose to have an abortion, but freedom from having no other choice.

* Excluding forced abortions, such as is seen in China. The government was involved in the de-legislation of abortion as it was necessary to adhere to the one-child policy, though most reports suggest that some abortions are still forced in the PRC.