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What is going on in Christian crisis pregnancy counselling?

Challenge to CARE

WHAT IS GOING ON IN CHRISTIAN PREGNANCY COUNSELLING?
By Dr. E.S. Williams
The Wakeman Trust / Belmont House Publishing (http://www.belmonthouse.co.uk)
91 pages. £3.50
ISBN 1 870855 45 0

According to official figures, almost one in four of all pregnancies in the UK end in termination, and a record number, 194,200, were carried out in 2004, an increase of 3,500 on the previous year. If this rate of increase of 2% continues, the 200,000 mark will be reached in 2006.

In this book, Dr. Williams, who was Director of Public Health in Croydon for many years, shows that the advice offered by a leading Christian organisation (CARE) is badly compromised and is, in practice, no different to that given by secular organisations. The result of Dr. Williams’s examination of the message of pro-choice abortion counselling, including information from British and American pro-choice organisations, is clearly set out and he writes with true Christian compassion arising from his absolute commitment to the Word of God.

This book is a call to us to think again about the value of human life and to be salt in our generation. I highly recommend the book to all Christians concerned about the way in which our country has set the Lord’s standards to one side, with the most tragic consequences for so many of our young people.

Isabel Courtney