Abortion ought to be an option only of last resort.
Therefore, as a church we seek to reduce the need to turn to abortion as the answer to unintended pregnancies. This church recognizes that there can be sound reasons for ending a pregnancy through induced abortion. What is determined to be a morally responsible decision in one situation may not be in another. This church opposes ending intrauterine life when a fetus is developed enough to live outside a uterus with the aid of reasonable and necessary technology. In May 1995 the Board of Pensions voted changes to its abortion coverage limiting abortions to the situations mentioned above.