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These views toward abortion are still referenced and used by several modern Islamic theologians and scholars. [ 1 ] According to religious studies scholar Zahra Ayubi, historically, Muslim thought was more concerned with the topic of preservation of human life and safeguarding of the mother's life than with determining when life begins. [ 11 ]
Abortion is perceived as murder by many religious conservatives. [4] Anti-abortion advocates believe that legalized abortion is a threat to social, moral, and religious values. [4] Religious people who advocate abortion rights generally believe that life starts later in the pregnancy, for instance at quickening, after the first trimester. [5]
Muslim views on abortion are also shaped by the Hadith as well as by the opinions of legal and religious scholars and commentators. In Islam, the fetus is believed to become a living soul after four months of gestation, [ 112 ] and abortion after that point is generally viewed as impermissible.
After the fall of Roe vs. Wade, Jews, Muslims and others debate abortion access and religious liberty.
The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some ...
The view of early Christians on the moment of ensoulment is also said to have been not the Aristotelian, but the Pythagorean: As early as the time of Tertullian in the third century, Christianity had absorbed the Pythagorean Greek view that the soul was infused at the moment of conception. Though this view was confirmed by St. Gregory of Nyssa ...
The issue of abortion rights in the United States is staring the 2024 GOP presidential candidates in their faces as they prepare to kick their campaigns into high gear.
Afghan legislation is based heavily on Islamic views on abortion. [8] Article 3 of Chapter 1 outlines that no law in Afghanistan should contradict Islam. [8] The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission was created to protect human rights and as a response to Shia Family Law, which violates human rights. [9]