Tibetan Buddhists believe that a person who has had an abortion should be treated compassionately, and guided to atone for the negative act through appropriate good deeds and religious practices; these acts are aimed at improving the karmic outcome for both the mother and the aborted fetus, but authorities warn that they will not be effective ...

2018年7月1日 · Buddhism does consider abortion to be the taking of a human life. At the same time, Buddhists generally are reluctant to intervene in a woman's personal decision to terminate a pregnancy. Buddhism may discourage abortion, but it …

2009年11月23日 · Traditional Buddhism rejects abortion because it involves the deliberate destroying of a life. Buddhists regard life as starting at conception. Buddhism believes in rebirth and teaches that...

2020年4月23日 · What does Buddhism say about abortion? The classical tradition, which is androcentric, deems abortion unwholesome. However, Buddhism as a situated embodied lifeway has also sometimes manifested an ethic of care that is helpful to women facing unwanted pregnancy. Amy Paris Langenberg. Eckerd College

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the abortion issue from a Buddhist perspective. As the con sciousness is held to enter the embryo at conception, it is felt to be fully human at that moment.

Abortion and Buddhism: The Central Tenets The first of the Five Precepts, which are the ethical codes of conduct for a Buddhist way of life, is based on the idea of non-injury.

Buddhist attitudes to abortion are influenced by its belief in rebirth and the idea that life is a never-ending continuum. Many Buddhists, accordingly, feel that abortion is prohibited by the First Precept against taking life.

2017年11月29日 · Chapter 8, “Abortion and Contraception,” provides an excellent introduction to all relevant aspects of the issue from a Buddhist perspective. Includes a useful discussion on the relationship between morality and law, a topic not covered elsewhere.

2021年4月14日 · Request for abortion in case of rape, unwanted pregnancy, minors, late pregnancy, single woman, and married woman: Since Buddhism allows for society a range of freedom to organize their own affairs as they see appropriate, request for abortion is acceptable as long as it is done to relieve the suffering of the mother and those who are involved ...

As Buddhism continues to engage the attention of the West, the time is now opportune for its views on abortion to be heard. This is the first book to explore the abortion question from a range of Buddhist cultural and ethical perspectives.