Throughout the world, abortion is a widespread social and moral concern that can be viewed through many different perspectives. Abortion is the “deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first twenty eight weeks of pregnancy” (www.dictionary.com). This debate questions whether it is morally right to terminate a pregnancy before the child is born. With much debate, abortion addresses the issues of “life and death, right and wrong, human relationships and the nature of society” (Ethics - Abortion: Religion and Abortion). Essentially, abortion becomes a religious concern because each religion throughout the world, specifically Hinduism and Islam, have different opinions on this issue whether they support it or oppose it.
To begin, I believe that Hindu people are against abortions due to many text references in the Vedas and some of their many beliefs. For example in one of their holy texts, the Puranas, there is a quote that states: “Killing a Kshatriya [knight] or a
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They both share the belief of following the procedure that will cause the least amount of harm to either human being. Similar to this belief, Catholics want to keep all humans safely protected by God, especially unborn babies who haven’t had a chance to live. In addition to this idea, Muslims and Catholics also share a similar law that came from the Catholics, Holy Bible, and the Muslims, Qur’an, which both state that no one should ever kill another person, even if they are unborn. Although these three religions may share some beliefs and differences on abortion, Catholics will always firmly believe in protecting the unborn child’s life no matter what the cost. All in all, every religion in the world will have a different viewpoint on the practice of abortion, whether it be supporting it or opposing