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Abortion issue is a ‘spiritual battle’ about the ‘nature of reality,’ conservative leader tells pro-life youth

Updated: May 17, 2021 at 11:57 am EST  See Comments

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OTTAWA, Canada, May 17, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Speaking at the Canadian National March for Life Youth Conference, Joseph Backholm described how the issue of abortion has been transformed into a political one, when in fact it is part of a “spiritual battle,” and based on opposition to a Biblical world view.

Backholm is the Senior Fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement at the Family Research Council based in Washington, D.C., where he combines extensive legal, political, and policy experience with a love for the way Biblical truth cultivates human flourishing.

Addressing the live-streamed Youth Conference following the 2021 National March for Life in Canada, he outlined the manner in which abortion has been portrayed as a political conflict, when in fact it is a religious matter, which has its roots in adherence, or rejection, of God’s word in the Bible.

When political issues aren’t political issues

Backholm noted that the political label is the reason it is often hard to get religious bodies to engage in matters of abortion, homosexuality, or gender ideology. But, he argued, the

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