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cruel to produce such identical genotypes where is evidence that twins owed lack individuality or are harmed by the existence of another with identical genes? Genotype is not phenotype genes influence but don't determine what traits people will have. It is claimed that duplicating the human gensome is contrary to human dignity.
Conclusion
Religion would never accept or permit abortion. Even contraceptives means are not allowed is some religion. No religion is aloof of society. Jainism or any other religion is appeased of abortion. Anuvratas like celibacy, passion control penance are for controlling desire.
Causes of Abortion are due to following reasons.
1. Medical cause - suggested by Gynecologist.
2. Personal for pleasure, career, economical 3. Legal
4. Social for to get lid of girl child, or in case of rape or women victimization.
Medical reason if there is any defect in fetus etc. abortion is not allowed as fetus is person is not justified. When mother or child can be saved then question is whom to save? Both have right to live then how abortion can be permitted? Conservatives will say it is wrong to kill human or innocent human being. Therefore it is wrong to kill.
Liberal premises - personohood?
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In Liberal premises-personhool. Till actual birth or human being depends upon mother's body either to retain or discard it. Blood group does not always match coz it is energy that is transferred from mother to child & not material. Thus child is right from day of conception a different individual.
Since It's different personhood, how can mother be one to decide fate of unborn child?
Dravya Sangraha - Jain traditional argument once Jiva is out of igoda only 48 human births & from 48 human births out of which 24 angani when aborted one of the chance to liberation is restricted.
Deleberate abortion of any life would definitely not be supported. 'reat human fetus as independent entity right from conception. How do ou differentiate air in room outside & inside?
According to Jainism vow of non-violence or pranatipata doesn't low abortion.
Guilt of killing is not killing as not to harm ten pranas in some tuation harming can be permitted but abortion is deliberate violence. Choice between mother & child can be called suicide which is also >t permitted then. How can one be allowed for abortion of abnormal
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