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Praise and lament for the overturning of abortion rights filled sacred spaces this weekend as clergy across the U.S. rearranged worship plans or rewrote

The U.S. Supreme Court’s seismic decision rescinding the federal right to an abortion brought praise and defiance in U.S. houses of worship Sunday.

“This law violated the very law of God, that every life is sacred. A person cannot support abortion and still be a faithful member of the church.”

Praise and lament for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned abortion rights filled sacred spaces this weekend

Praise and lament for the overturning of abortion rights filled sacred spaces this weekend as clergy across the U.S. rearranged worship plans or rewrote sermons to provide their religious context -- and competing messages -- about the historic moment.

Praise and lament for the overturning of abortion rights filled sacred spaces this weekend as clergy across the U.S. rearranged worship plans or rewrote sermons to provide their religious context -- and competing messages -- about the historic moment.

Praise and lament for the overturning of abortion rights filled sacred spaces this weekend as clergy across the U.S. rearranged worship plans or rewrote sermons to provide their religious context -- and competing messages -- about the historic moment.

Views on abortions are not just polarizing within denominations; the divisions span the religious landscape.

Praise and lament for the overturning of abortion rights filled sacred spaces this weekend as clergy across the U.S. rearranged worship plans or rewrote

Views on abortions are not just polarizing within denominations; the divisions span the religious landscape.