User:Acho01604/Religion and abortion

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 * IDEA #1: Numerous religious traditions have taken a stance on abortion, but few are absolute. Each religion has different teachings, deities, values, and perspectives on topics surrounding the world today. Religion and abortion is a topic that is complex and may be considered a sensitive topic that people have different beliefs and opinions about. It's important to note that within each religion, there may be diverse interpretations and individual beliefs. If you happen to approach these discussions that you don't agree with, please show respect and open-mindedness.
 * In this article, it will break down the views of abortion from the following religions: baháʼí faith, buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, judaism, sikhism, and unitarian universalism. The religions that are for abortions, but only for medical reasons, are baháʼí faith, hinduism, judaism, and sikhism. The religions that are for abortions, whether for medical reasons or personal reasons, are buddhism and unitarian universalism. The religions that are against religion, regardless of medical reasons or personal reasons, are islam and christianity.

baháʼí faith

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 * IDEA #1: If a mother were to decide to get an abortion, for the purpose of eliminating an unwanted child, it is strongly forbidden in the Baháʼí Faith. However, if a mother were to decide to get an abortion, due to medical reasons, it is accepted. A few possible reasons for a mother to terminate her pregnancy are rape, incest, low chance of survival of the fetus, and if the health of the mother is unstable. Abortion is not accepted in the Baháʼí Faith because they believe that intercourse should happen when in marriage. If a child was unexpectedly conceived before marriage, it does not serve as a viable reason for abortion.

buddhism

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 * IDEA #1: Traditionally, Buddhism is against abortion. When it comes to the idea of life, Buddhists place a high value on it. "Taking life" to Buddhists means committing murder as an individual is responsible for killing and taking the life of another individual. Terminating a pregnancy in the eyes of Buddhists is murder. Even the killing of animals is considered murderous. Regardless if the animal is large or small, their lives are considered precious and should not be killed. Even in the Vinaya, the code of conduct for monks, it explicitly states that abortion breaks the precept against killing. Buddhism is a religion that believes followers should be at peace and not be tempted by their selfish desires. Nibbana, also known as Nirvana, is mentioned in Buddhist texts, promoting the idea of throwing away negative thoughts (greed, hate, and delusion) to eventually reach a state of enlightenment.
 * Greed, hatred, and delusion, the three root drives of unskilful men and women, seem to apply all too well to abortion decisions. Greed, that is passionate attachment, would lie behind persons' considering only their own interests or pleasures in the situation. It would also solidify the notion that an 'I' owned the fetus and could do with it what 'I' would. Hatred would motivate one to strike out to eliminate the perceived cause of discomfort, the fetus. Delusion might cloud one's understanding and lead to denial that the feuts is a living being. It also could result in a condition of apathy where one, avoiding responsibility for oneself, followed advice to terminate the pregnancy. Underlying these three 'poisons' of greed, hatred, and delusion are even more fundamental errors. The three poisons arise through lack of insight into the interconnectedness of all beings, a misguided sense of difference between I and other. When prajna is so lacking, then so too karuna or compassion will also fall short, and upaya or skillful means will not be conspicuous. (will edit this as I did copied it directly from the source) The idea of abortion is not only considered the act of murdering an innocent life, but it is also physically and mentally traumatizing to the mother, resulting in karmic consequences on the technicians, advisors, friends, and family involved.

sikhism

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 * IDEA #1: Although the use of contraceptives are permitted, abortion is not. Similarly to many of the religions previously discussed, the fetus is considered as a living being upon conception. If the mother's life is being seriously affected, only then is abortion accepted. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/157639/hbook-sikh-s2.pdf

unitarian universalism

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 * IDEA #1: Around the mid-year of 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned, the right for women to have an abortion was taken away. The Unitarian Universalists expressed their own statement saying how heartbroken and outraged they were. Unitarian Universalists believe that all bodies are sacred. They believe that every person has the right to determine if, when, and how they want to have children. (will add more detail!!)