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ERLC urges Congress to consider pro-life policy priorities during funding negotiations

Baptist Press

pro-life policy priorities

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has sent a letter urging Congress to consider three pro-life policy priorities during funding negotiations for the 2025 fiscal year.

With Congress beginning the negotiations process for the 2025 appropriations bills (the 12 bills which annually fund the government), the ERLC authored the letter to express its desire for both the House and Senate appropriations committees to consider several pro-life policy areas during the process.  

ERLC President Brent Leatherwood appealed to past SBC resolutions and Southern Baptist pro-life ministry in the letter sent to appropriators on Thursday, May 23.

“Following the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade, Southern Baptists have expressed a strong desire for lawmakers to enact policies that care for both vulnerable mothers and preborn children,” Leatherwood said.

“From the moment of conception to natural death, we believe that each person is made in the image of God and worthy of protection and care, regardless of age or ability. Southern Baptists live out the tenets of these beliefs by personally engaging in adoption and foster care, volunteering at and supporting pregnancy care centers, and advocating to protect life and human flourishing at every stage of development.”

Read the full Baptist Press article here.

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