the pca is pro-life on abortion, because it believes that it consists in the killing of an unborn child and in violating god's command and authority. "therefore we are convicted that the scriptures forbid abortion. abortion is wrong, it is a sin. scripture considers such a child as a person and thus covered by divine protection even as a person after birth. any medical support or historical precedent can only be of secondary authority when we have a clear word from god on moral questions." their 6th general assembly, in 1978, adopted the following stance: "god as the righteous and holy judge will not permit sin to be justified by human 'situations'. thus the practical application in each of these cases in the consistent application of god's absolute prohibition and then comfort derivered from the knowledge that greatest good is dependent upon our obedience of god.""