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What is PK's position on the abortion/pro-life issue?

Promise Keepers believes that when men choose to intentionally live according to the truth of God, they will become first men of conviction and then men of action.  One of these Biblical truths is to respect the sanctity of life and defend the defenseless (Matt. 25:31-40; Deut. 30:15-20).  Those in the womb are some of the most defenseless of all human beings and destroying their lives as a means of birth control is surely a sin (Luke 1:39-45; Isaiah 49:1-6).

As an organization we firmly believe God has called us to stay the course that He has set for us: to ignite and unite men to become passionate followers of Jesus Christ through the effective communication of seven promises to God, our fellow men, family, church and the world. As such, we desire and pray for a generation of men of integrity, action and conviction.  

Promise 3 states: "A promise keeper is committed to moral, ethical, sexual and spiritual purity."  In light of the rampant promiscuity of our culture it is perhaps a needed reminder that sexual activity outside of marriage amounts to fornication or adultery in the Scripture. Therefore, as a ministry to men, Promise Keepers' perspective is to herald the call of Christ for men to fulfill their God-given responsibilities and to redirect their passions for good, instead of evil.

According to Fredericka Matthews-Green's book Real Choices, 88% of women who get abortions say at least one man, in some capacity, has pressured her to get an abortion.  Theologian John Rankin (Hartford, CT) says most women facing the abortion issue blame their need for an abortion on "male chauvinism," or men who were not willing to accept responsibility in some capacity. Jim Kessler, vice president of policy for Third Way, reports that 83% of all women who have abortions are not married in the “Demographics of Abortion”.  Were men to practice sexual purity by keeping sexual intercourse within the bond of marriage, the great majority of abortions would never occur.