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Selected Bible verses and perspectives Passage Perspective allowing abortion Perspective against abortion Genesis 2:7 (Garden of Eden narrative, see also Soul in the Bible § Genesis 2:7) - "Then the L ORD [note 1] God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being".
Both ancient Greek thought and ancient Jewish thought are considered to have affected early Christian thought about abortion. According to Bakke and Clarke &Linzey, early Christians adhered to Aristotle's belief in delayed ensoulment, [25] [failed verification] [26] [failed verification] [1] [need quotation to verify] [10] [need quotation to verify] [7] [failed verification] and consequently ...
A seminal essay by Don Marquis argues that abortion is wrong because it deprives the embryo of a valuable future. [29] Marquis begins by arguing that what makes it wrong to kill a normal adult human being is the fact that the killing inflicts a terrible harm on the victim.
A Defense of Abortion is a moral philosophy essay by Judith Jarvis Thomson first published in Philosophy & Public Affairs in 1971. Granting for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life, Thomson uses thought experiments to argue that the right to life does not include, entail, or imply the right to use someone else's body to survive and that induced abortion is therefore morally ...
Many Orthodox Jews oppose abortion, except when it is necessary to save a woman's life (or, according to some, the woman's health). In Judaism, views on abortion draw primarily upon the legal and ethical teachings of the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the case-by-case decisions of responsa, and other rabbinic literature.
Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by certain religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs.
In an essay written for Vogue, Halsey shared details of how an abortion saved their life after having suffered three miscarriages before her 24th birthday. “One of my miscarriages required ...
Anti-abortion supporters argue that abortion is morally wrong on the basis that a fetus is an innocent human person [79] or because a fetus is a potential life that will, in most cases, develop into a fully functional human being. [80] They believe that a fetus is a person upon conception.