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- Hinduism_and_abortion abstract "The sacred texts of Hindus have a clear stance against abortion. The Vedas represent abortion as morally reprehensible and has it is listed with the most heinous actions. The Kaushitaki Upanishad includes abortion in a list of crimes that includes the murdering of one's father and mother along with theft. The Mahanarayana Upanishad lists the abortionist with actions such as breaking one's vow of chastity. Individual Hindus hold varying stances on abortion. For this reason it has become common to not state the Hindu view on abortion but rather one Hindu view on abortion. Even with a high rate of abortion in India statistics showed 80 percent of Indian women disapproved and 56 percent consider it a heinous crime. Hindus go as far as to make clear distinctions in their sacred texts between abortions and miscarriages. The text goes as far as stating that killing a male embryo who could have been a Brahmin the same as killing an adult Brahmin which is considered one of the worst sins one can commit.The British Broadcasting Corporation writes, "When considering abortion, the Hindu way is to choose the action that will do least harm to all involved: the mother and father, the fetus and society... Classical Hindu texts are strongly opposed to abortion." The BBC goes on to state, "In practice, however, abortion is practiced in Hindu culture in India, because the religious ban on abortion is sometimes overruled by the cultural preference for sons. This can lead to abortion to prevent the birth of girl babies, which is called 'female feticide'." Hindus generally tend to support abortion in cases where the mother's life is at risk or when the fetus has a severe developmental abnormality. Hindu scholars and women's rights advocates have supported bans on sex-selective abortion. Some Hindu theologians believe personhood begins at 3 months and develops through to 5 months of gestation, possibly implying permitting abortion up to the third month and considering any abortion past the third month to be destruction of the soul's current incarnate body. The Hindu teaching of the word Karma, the result of good and bad actions, makes abortions improper. In this teaching, the opposite of life is thought to be rebirth. Abortion causes termination not only to the unborn, but also to the unborn child’s karma. It is believed that negative karma goes to those who interrupt karma’s continuing cycle.".
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- Hinduism_and_abortion subject Category:Abortion_in_India.
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- Hinduism_and_abortion comment "The sacred texts of Hindus have a clear stance against abortion. The Vedas represent abortion as morally reprehensible and has it is listed with the most heinous actions. The Kaushitaki Upanishad includes abortion in a list of crimes that includes the murdering of one's father and mother along with theft. The Mahanarayana Upanishad lists the abortionist with actions such as breaking one's vow of chastity. Individual Hindus hold varying stances on abortion.".
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