This week members of Trinity and other churches throughout America are sending a rose to their congressman asking him
to support a Human Life Amendment.  Trinity has opposed abortion for some 40 years. In 1971 it sent a long overture on
abortion to its church body asking it to resolve:

“1. The fetus in the mother’s womb is human life created by God.
“2. Abortion, in the sense of artificial or induced termination of pregnancy, except where the mother’s life is clearly involved,
is murder and not justified.
“3.  Members of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod who recommend abortion upon demand should be disciplined in an
evangelical manner if they refuse to retract their defense of abortion.
“4. The Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod will not remain in fellowship with any church body which supports abortion upon
demand or allows its members to recommend abortion upon demand.”
       Moments after it was announced in 1973 that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed for the murder of unborn infants,
Trinity's pastor wrote an editorial titled “Abortion is Still Murder.”  It was published in the January 29, 1973 Christian News.  
It said:
       “Abortion is still murder regardless of what the Supreme Court says.
       “Contrary to the Supreme Court, the Bible regards unborn children as real persons (Luke 1:41 ; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 139:
13; Jeremiah 1:5).  The fetus in the mother’s womb is human life created by God.  Dr. Herman Sasse, one of the world’s
leading Lutheran theologians, observes that ‘There is from the very beginning a really remarkable agreement within the
Church that abortion in the sense of willful termination of pregnancy is murder.’  He adds that the ancient Church ‘never
gave up the conviction that the destruction of an embryo is equal to killing a human being.’”
       “Christian mothers should not be guided by the Supreme Court decision.  Man’s ruling does not change the fact that
abortion is sinful murder.  Christian News from its very beginning has fought abortion.  We have published scores of articles
on abortion.  We have filed charges of false doctrine against a prominent clergyman in the LCMS who has been publicly
backing abortion.  We don’t intend to give up the fight for unborn infants because of the court’s ruling.  ABORTION IS
STILL MURDER.  IT IS SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT.”