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This is something that you would have to discuss with your bishop. Both premarital sex and abortion are very serious matters. The repentance process for them requires consultation with your bishop. Will you still be able to go on a mission? I would say that that depends on you. If you are serious about, and do all that your bishop tells you to do, then I would say that it is still possible (depending on your age), but you do need to speak to your bishop. This is the sort of thing that we here cannot give you any other guidance on because we are not called to be your ecclesiastical authority.
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I think so, I know of a few young men who also had run ins with very serious matters, but the important thing to the church is that you come clean and repent for what you have done, and this may be very difficult. I would suggest he have a good talk with his bishop, letting him know everything he has done, how he feels about it and how he feels about going on a mission, then the 2 of them might be able to come up with an answer to this question.
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