'Abortion is always wrong'. Discuss

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Rishabh Misra 9S/GY1

‘Abortion is always wrong’

‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will agree with this statement because classical Hindu  are strongly opposed to abortion: one text compares abortion to the killing of a priest, another text considers abortion a worse sin than killing one's parents and  another text says that a woman who aborts her child will lose her caste. Also Hindu medical ethics stem from the principle of ahimsa - of non-violence. When considering , the Hindu way is to choose the action that will do least harm to all involved: the mother and father, the foetus and society. Hinduism is therefore generally opposed to abortion.

‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will agree with this statement because many women suffer post-abortion traumatic stress. Some women (and the fathers) will have guilty feelings more than 40 years later. The parents will always regret having an abortion. This can usually lead to much more serious things such as drugs and maybe even mental problems. Later in life some people lose their chance to get a baby due to cases of infertility will always look back on the moment they made that decision.

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‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will agree with this statement because they say that the foetus has rights too, it just can’t voice its own opinion and that foetus is a living thing and it is still a human even if it does not look like one, so abortion would be murder. Abortion devalues life the next stage would be allowing infanticide. Many religions believe there is God in everyone so the killing of a foetus would be the hurting God.

‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will agree with this statement because Abortion prevents a Atman from ...

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