Editing Seventh-day Adventist Church (section)

===Ethics and sexuality===
The Seventh-day Adventist Church opposes [[abortion]], believing it can have long-term negative effects on both the individuals involved and society as a whole. In an official statement on the "Biblical View of Unborn Life", the church declared that an unborn child is considered by God to be a living individual.<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/statement-on-the-biblical-view-of-unborn-life-and-its-implications-for-abortion-1/
| access-date=December 2, 2019
| title=Statement on the Biblical View of Unborn Life and Its Implications for Abortion
| author=[[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]] Executive Committee
| date=October 16, 2019
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202202514/https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/statement-on-the-biblical-view-of-unborn-life-and-its-implications-for-abortion-1/
| archive-date=December 2, 2019
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> However, there are circumstances where the mother's life is at risk and Seventh-day Adventist hospitals will perform emergency abortions.<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://adventistbioethics.org/sites/adventistbioethics.org/files/docs/policy-docs/4997_7.pdf
| access-date=September 9, 2021
| title=Operating Policy
| publisher=Loma Linda University Medical Center
}}</ref>

Adventists encourage [[sexual abstinence]] for both men and women before marriage. The church disapproves of extra-marital [[cohabitation]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Kiš |first=Miroslav M. |title=Seventh-day Adventist Position on COHABITATION |url=http://biblicalresearch.gc.adventist.org/documents/CohabitationandSDA.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112160927/http://biblicalresearch.gc.adventist.org/documents/CohabitationandSDA.htm |archive-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> Adventists oppose homosexual activities and relationships, citing the belief that scripture makes no accommodation for homosexuality.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/homosexuality/|title=Homosexuality|date=October 4, 2016|website=www.adventist.org}}</ref>

The Adventist church has released official statements in relation to other ethical issues such as [[euthanasia]] (against active euthanasia but permissive of passive withdrawal of medical support to allow death to occur),<ref>{{cite web
| title=A Statement of Consensus on Care for the Dying
| publisher=[[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]]
| date=October 9, 1992
| url=http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat6.html
| access-date=January 11, 2007
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206202122/http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat6.html
| archive-date=December 6, 2006
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> [[birth control]] (in favor of it for married couples if used correctly, but against abortion as birth control and premarital sex in any case)<ref>{{cite web
| title=Birth Control: A Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Consensus
| publisher=[[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]]
| date=September 29, 1999
| url=http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat44.html
| access-date=January 11, 2007
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130142324/http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat44.html
| archive-date=November 30, 2006
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> and [[human cloning]] (against it if the technology could result in defective births or abortions).<ref>{{cite web
| title=Statement on Ethical Considerations Regarding Human Cloning
| publisher=[[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]]
| date=September 27, 1998
| url=http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat38.html
| access-date=January 11, 2007
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207060652/http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat38.html
| archive-date=December 7, 2006
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>