Some Bay Area Faith Leaders Celebrate The End Of Roe

CBS San Francisco

June 27, 2022

Members of Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church celebrated after learning the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned Roe. vs. Wade on Friday. They were joined by other religious communities around the Bay Area who hope one day to ban abortions in California.

"We recognize we live in polarized times. We recognize that we live in difficult times," said Pastor Brian Garcia with the church. "The work that we have been doing has been bearing fruit and has been, in fact, successful."

While anti-abortion-rights advocates have long hoped for the Roe v. Wade to be overturned as a first step toward ending abortions in the United States, they were still surprised by Friday's decision.

"There's always a residue of faith to believe that God can do things that we don't see possible. Humanly speaking, I didn't think it would take place," said Larry Ihrig, lead pastor at Celebration Church in Livermore. "Our position has to be what we see as our core values, you know? You can disagree with people without being disagreeable."

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