Buddhism Religion

Buddhism is a religion that focuses on ones’ spiritual connections and paths that may come from this. They focus purely on the nature of living and their goal is to do this in the most humane way. Abortion is a medical issue that is widely known. It is defined as being the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy and it is most often performed within the first 28 weeks. It can be hypothesised that the extent at which Buddhism’s ethical imperatives enable a dynamic moral balance for adherents when responding to abortion is a low extent. The first precept of Pancha Shila is to: Avoid killing or harming any living thing and the third precept of Pancha Shila is to: Avoid sexual irresponsibility which can lead to many issues and for one to seek an abortion. On top of this, Buddhists believe in rebirth of a recently deceased person. Abortion breaks both of these ethical imperatives as it is a deliberate act of aborting an unborn baby. It is also seen that traditional Buddhists have a very different view to modern Buddhists.

In Buddhism, all lives are seen as important thus leading to the theory that abortion for them is morally wrong and unjust. Buddhists
Each denomination has very similar moral standards on what is morally right and correct. For biomedical issues, traditional Buddhists often go with the beliefs that it shouldn’t happen. Modern Buddhists believe it is permissible to have an abortion whereas traditional Buddhists believe it should not be done purely because of the ethical imperatives that are being broken should it be done. Traditional Buddhists deny abortion because it involves the deliberate killing of a living being, which is in violation to the First Precept, do not kill or harm any living thing. This is a similar view for modern Buddhists although modern Buddhists may have a varied opinion on the ethical imperatives allowing them to find balance and live the life they