If you read Elpidophoros’ answer in light of the reality of abortion politics, what he is really saying is the following, “I am personally anti-abortion, but pro-choice as we must respect the right of women to make their own reproductive decisions. So abortion should be legal, but we should pursue policies to give women options other than killing their babies, especially since men seem to run off and refuse to support their offspring. I could condemn that, but I won’t. Fathers supporting their families would be inconvenient to my position, so we will pretend they don’t and only women can have a say in childbirth and child rearing. I will now throw out some Orthodox Theology about free will to try and cover up the fact that my position on abortion is indistinguishable from most pro-abortion politicians who claim some religious influence – personally opposed but leaving the decision to kill a baby up to the mother and Planned Parenthood.” https://orthodoxreflections.com/archbishop-elpidophoros-of-the-greek-archdiocese-is-pro-choice-on-abortion/