Ministry and Roe vs. Wade

Roe vs. Wade looks different in ministry. This has just been overturned in the USA. Abortion is no longer a constitutional right (referring to the US constitution, as opposed to state constitutions). On the BBC, major foci – not all foci – were women’s freedom, unborn children, the right to privacy, social inequalities, and (very much implied) the sole authority of the state. My descriptions are far too simple, being limited by the size of my blog posts. Two things struck me about the BBC’s reporting – specifically from a pastoral perspective. Firstly, such foci are seldom foci in pastoral counselling. Counselling usually covers quite different territory. Secondly, in several articles on the BBC, there was no direct reference to men (there was one reference to “a partner”). OBSERVATION: Privacy is sometimes an issue in counselling, but again quite different. The sole authority of the state in this matter is not everywhere a given – there may be diverse authority, too. The image is the BBC's.