Baptist Press
By Scott Barkley, posted November 13, 2024 in ERLC
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission sent a letter Tuesday (Nov. 12) to the Trump transition team advocating for changes to pro-life and religious liberty measures taken under the Biden administration.
“This letter highlights five critical policy actions that reflect deeply held values for Southern Baptists and warrant the incoming administration’s immediate attention during President Trump’s first 100 days in office,” ERLC President Brent Leatherwood wrote. “All of these options represent positive opportunities to shape public policy in helpful and constructive ways at the outset of a second term that we believe merit strong consideration for inclusion in President Trump’s initial agenda.”
The letter was addressed to Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon, named by the president-elect to lead his transition team. Lutnick is the longtime CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm. McMahon helped build World Wrestling Entertainment into a multi-billion-dollar business before serving in Trump’s first administration as head of the Small Business Administration.
The five requests issued by the ERLC are:
- Reinforce policies that ensure the government does not fund abortion.
- Withhold government funding for abortion providers, domestically and abroad.
- Revoke President Joe Biden’s executive order directing agencies to implement radical gender and sexuality policies.
- Rescind the anti-life, anti-religious liberty and pro-gender ideology policies advanced by the Biden administration.
- Reverse the Biden administration’s actions that expanded access to the abortion pill.
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