W. A. Criswell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Abortion=== Questioned in 1973 about the Supreme Court's decision in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' Criswell replied, "I have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person, and it has always, therefore, seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed."<ref name="Balmer2014">{{cite news |last1=Balmer |first1=Randall |author1-link=Randall Balmer |title=The Real Origins of the Religious Right |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/ |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=[[Politico]] |date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> Criswell later became a staunch opponent of the procedure.<ref name="Balmer2014"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/06-JUN-1996.PDF|title=SBC presidents urge Clinton: 'repent' of abortion ban veto}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page