30 years ago today - Jan 11, 1991

The Church News publishes an official statement that in special circumstances LDS couples "should consider abortion only after consulting with each other, and their bishop, and receiving divine confirmation through prayer." This returns to the First Presidency's flexible policy on abortion prior to J. Reuben Clark's death thirty years ago.

[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]

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