Editing Anglicanism (section)

===Abortion and euthanasia===
While individual Anglicans and member churches within the Communion differ in practice over the circumstances in which abortion should or should not be permitted, [[Lambeth Conference]] resolutions have consistently held to a conservative view on the issue.  The 1930 Conference, the first to be held since the initial legalisation of abortion in Europe (in [[Abortion in Russia|Russia]] in 1920), stated:<ref>{{cite web |title=Resolution 16, The Life and Witness of the Christian Community – Marriage and Sex |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127734/1930.pdf |publisher=Anglican Communion Office |access-date=29 December 2023 |location=London |page=7 |date=2005 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209065235/https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127734/1930.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> "The Conference further records its abhorrence of the sinful practice of abortion."

The 1958 Conference's ''Family in Contemporary Society'' report affirmed the following position on abortion<ref>{{cite book |title=The Lambeth Conference 1958: Resolutions and Reports |date=1958 |publisher=SPCK and Seabury Press}}</ref> and was commended by the 1968 Conference:<ref>{{cite web |title=Resolution 22, Responsible Parenthood |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127743/1968.pdf |publisher=Anglican Consultative Council |access-date=19 August 2023 |location=London |page=10 |date=2005 |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104104718/https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127743/1968.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{blockquote|In the strongest terms Christians reject the practice of induced abortion or infanticide, which involves the killing of a life already conceived (as well as a violation of the personality of the mother), save at the dictate of strict and undeniable medical necessity ... the sacredness of life is, in Christian eyes, an absolute which should not be violated.}}

The subsequent Lambeth Conference, in 1978, made no change to this position and commended the need for "programmes at diocesan level, involving both men and women ... to emphasise the sacredness of all human life, the moral issues inherent in clinical abortion, and the possible implications of genetic engineering."<ref>{{cite web |title=Resolution 10, Human Relationships and Sexuality |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127746/1978.pdf |publisher=Anglican Communion Office |access-date=29 December 2023 |location=London |page=8 |date=2005 |archive-date=29 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229211948/https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127746/1978.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the context of debates around and proposals for the legalisation of [[euthanasia]] and [[assisted suicide]], the 1998 Conference affirmed that "life is God-given and has intrinsic sanctity, significance and worth".<ref name=1998life>{{cite web |title=Resolution 1.14, Euthanasia |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/76650/1998.pdf |publisher=Anglican Communion Office |access-date=29 December 2023 |location=London |page=11 |date=2005}}</ref>