Abortion is a topic that is discussed in several cultures, religions, nationalities, and ethnic backgrounds. Social and culture standards do play a role in the initial view of abortion procedures. Russia h

The Chinese have always had certain opinions on abortion. The Founding Charter of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says “couples have the right to decide the number and spacing of their children.” For more than two decades, UNFPA has been strongly supportive of China’s brutally coercive “one child per family” policy. China has used and continues to use population control targets, quotas and birth permits. The UNFPA planned to embark on a $20 million four-year initiative in 32 counties of China (among the country’s 2000+ counties). In the 32 counties, couples will be “allowed to have as many child as they want,” without needing a birth permit and without being subject to quotas. However, no one should be fooled by the apparent freedom. Couples with more than the “recommended” number of children will still be required to pay a “social compensation fee.” Sometimes such fees have amounted to 50% of the couple’s annual salary. For couples in the other 2,000 counties, it will be more of the same administrative approach, including forced abortion. Any woman found to be carrying an unauthorized pregnancy is subjected to an abortion up to full-term delivery.

The religion of Buddhism also has views on abortion. Traditional Buddhist cultures recognize birth, sickness, old age, and death as natural events for all living beings, with social stigmas against premarital and extramarital sex linked to an awareness of the possible consequences of pregnancy and abortion. In general, Buddhists are advised to avoid taking life and to protect the lives of all sentient beings, but Buddhists also acknowledge that it is impossible for ordinary beings to avoid taking life altogether. So in the end, most Buddhists recognize that incongruity that exists between ethical theory and actualy practice and, while they do not condone the taking of life, do advocate understanding and compassion toward all living beings, a lovingkindness, that is nonjudgmental and respects the rights and freedoms of human beings to make their ow

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