Religious views on abortion. Early Christian Tradition Judeo-Christian tradition going back thousands of years has always valued human life, including unborn human life.
The Bible repeatedly refers to children before birth as simply very small/young children. In Luke's Gospel, Jesus and John the Baptist 'greet' one another whilst they are still in the wombs of their mothers. Verse 41 of the first chapter says: "It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. " Psalm 139 describes the development of the unborn baby: "For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. The Catholic Church The Catholic Church opposes abortion because it believes that life is sacred and inviolable.
The Orthodox Churches Generally, the Orthodox Churches forbid abortion as going against the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill'. Protestant denominations Many Protestant and Evangelical Christians are against abortion. Islam Judaism Buddhism Hinduism. Abortion. Next, do you favor or oppose each of the following proposals?
A law requiring women seeking abortions to wait 24 hours before having the procedure done A law requiring women under 18 to get parental consent for any abortion A law which would make it illegal to perform a specific abortion procedure conducted in the last six months of pregnancy known as a "partial birth abortion," except in cases necessary to save the life of the mother A law requiring doctors to inform patients about certain possible risks of abortion before performing the procedure A law prohibiting health clinics that provide abortion services from receiving any federal funds A law allowing pharmacists and health providers to opt out of providing medicine or surgical procedures that result in abortion A law requiring women seeking an abortion to be shown an ultrasound image of her fetus at least 24 hours before the procedure A law requiring that the husband of a married woman be notified if she decides to have an abortion.
For those women have an reason of getting an abortion. Why do women want abortions? Abortion access Sponsored link.
Why women want to have an abortion: About 43% of American women will have one (or occasionally more) abortions during their lifetime. Women's centers and hospitals perform more than a million abortions per year. Abortions are obviously in great demand. Women have many reasons for not wanting to be pregnant, and thus to seek an abortion. In a study by Torres and Forrest (1998) -- based on 1987 data -- women gave an average of 3.7 reasons for wanting an abortion: 1,2 Sponsored link: Why women decide to have an abortion late in pregnancy: In 2001, About 59% of abortions were performed before the 9th week of gestation; A further 19% are performed during the 9th or 10th week. In 1987. women who have later-term abortions -- 16 weeks or more since last menstrual period -- give a variety of reasons for their decision.
Why women decide to have an abortion very late in pregnancy: Religions that are against abortion (reasons) Abortion in the United States. Abortion in the United States, and abortion-related issues, are the subject of intense public and political debate and discussion in the United States.
Various anti-abortion laws had been on every state statute book since at least 1900. Abortion was prohibited in 30 states and legal under certain circumstances (such as pregnancies resulting from rape, incest, and date drug.) in 20 states. The Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade invalidated all of these laws, and set guidelines for the availability of abortion.
Roe established that the abortion right "must be considered against important state interests in regulation That decision was modified by the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Before Roe v. The pro-choice position was most popular in the early to mid-1990s [3] and has since declined somewhat to levels slightly above its popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s.[3] Terminology[edit] History[edit] Pre-1960s[edit] Abortion laws in the U.S. before Roe. Illegal. (30) Legal in case of rape (1) Abortion Instruments,Abortion Materials,Instruments Used For Abortion,Abortion Instruments Types.