This document discusses cultural perspectives on pregnancy and abortion from various religious viewpoints. It notes there are statistical differences in pregnancy and abortion rates between cultures and a lack of cultural perspective in Western philosophy on the topic. The document specifically examines Confucian, Catholic, Jewish, and Islamic perspectives on abortion and how life and change are viewed differently in these traditions compared to modern Western accounts.

1. Pregnancy & Abortion
A Cultural Perspective
 cultural perspectives on
abortion
 statistical difference in the rate
of pregnancy and abortion
 Religious concerns

2. Lack of cultural perspective in Anglo-American
tradition of philosophy
 Two Modern Western Accounts
• Thompson
• Brody
 Shortcoming based on Confucius tradition
• “To produce and produce—this is what is
called (the process of) change”
• (sheng sheng zhi wei yi 生生之謂易).
(Ivanhoe, P..J. (2010). A Confucian Perspective on
Abortion. Dao (9): 37-51

4. Pregnancy & Abortion In Hong Kong

5. Religious Perspectives on Abortion
• A Catholic Perspective (Dr. Helen Watt)
• A Jewish Perspective (Gary Goldsand)
• An Islamic Perspective (Abdulaziz Sachedina)