How Does Religion View About Abortion Change The Acceptance Of It In Society?

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How does religion view about abortion change the acceptance of it in society?

To begin with this topic first we have to take into account one question, when does life begin? In the beginnings of the 70s was stated that the human life did not begin when the mother feel`s the baby, instead it is consider to be in conception moment, so the British Parliament in 1869 create a law called thecrimes against people, that made that a sequence of states fixed its own law against abortion, and before 1870 85% of population lived in states that prohibited abortion with new laws. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy for the expulsion of an embryo or fetus of the uterus, resulting in to death[1], as consequence of this, the abortion goes against many religious doctrines due to its isconsider to be a killing.

Abortion has been a controversial topic, for people it is difficult to take a position due to it takes moral, ethical and legal issues that goes according to their own values, so in society are two main points of view, the ones that goes against or in favor of it, the opinion about it can be shown as an arrangement of beliefs, culture even political authorities,and religion that also influence the personal opinion about it. There are many religions in the world that have different point of view from respect this issue as people have beliefs and devotion they follow its doctrine, as a result of this there have been many debates about it the ones that defend life and the others that defend autonomy of decision.

Buddhism does not consider theexistence of a soul created by a god, so this doctrine does not set a specific time or advice to make an abortion or not. However, the Buddhist doctrine observes an evolution of embryonic development and capacity, Buddhism generally does not punish too hard the condemnation of abortion, but show the potentially serious consequences for the mother's emotional stability. In practice some communities likethe Japanese Buddhist ritual ceremonies (Mizuko kuyo) makes emotional repairs for women who have experienced an abortion on demand. In a compelling investigation of the causes of the actions demanded by the Buddhist followers, the overall picture shows the context of the situation that can push a woman to this decision. So abortion is considered a very unfortunate situation or may be the resultof clinging to sensual desire, even so does not reach the same consideration of gravity than other actions. For example, Buddhism provides several examples of the seriousness of ending the life of an adult animal like a dog, an elephant or a horse, but not for an abortion of five or six weeks. Does not appear as a general rule in Buddhism to teach a prohibition or approval in any situation, butthey tend to look at each case and its circumstances. Countries where Buddhism is the majority (such as Thailand, Cambodia and Japan) apply terms and assumptions laws that allow abortion. the case of greater permissiveness and decriminalization is Japanese.

For Catholic Church abortion goes against all their doctrine it is seen as a homicide and has always condemned abortion as a graveevil, In the Bible says "The human life should be respected and protected completely from the moment of conception." In the eyes of God the life of the fetus inside a woman is a human being. To finish the life of another human goes against God and all rules impose form him, Bible also express that the punishment will be for those that don't protect the lives of others, catholic oppose abortion inevery situation, there are many countries that adopt Catholic church as main religion in most of them, abortion is illegal or illegal with exceptions what have create discussions about ethical and moral ideas.

Hindus consider abortion from their texts in a way, perhaps more radical than other religions, considering that the human soul is present from the very conception without a weight...
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