I think the topic of abortion is kind of fascinating. From my perspective, I understand why the religious are anti-abortion and the areligious are pro-abortion. But the motives almost seem counterintuitive.
Abortion isn’t something that can be logically reasoned out because there is a component that is added to the mix that can’t really be tested or proven and that is a soul. This soul, according to many religions, is your spiritual “body” and merges or is created with the physical body. Then, after the physical body is spent, the soul continues on, eternal, in some form or another.
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