Thai abortion scandal
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Thai abortion scandal
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Re: Thai abortion scandal
It would be great if people were as obsessed with unaborted fetuses as they are with aborted fetuses. And if they took responsibility for their own actions, instead of appealing to ideologies and religions as a basis for being shameless or self-righteous. If this were true, there would be no such thing as abortion to even speak of.
Equanimity is not pro-choice or pro-life.
Equanimity is not pro-choice or pro-life.
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Buddhists pray in front of drinks, food and toys laid out for the spirits of the fetuses.
Abortion seems like complex issue to me sometimes, but that picture it pretty black and white.
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I was very saddened when I read this on another news site. I thought I'd share it here but I really didn't know what to say about it. I'm genuinely at a loss for words, not because I do not see the ethical, social, cultural, political, religious and/or Dhammic conundrums associated with it but because it.... gosh, I don't know....
It's dukkha, the reality of samsara, writ large I suppose.
It's dukkha, the reality of samsara, writ large I suppose.
With metta,
zavk
zavk
Re: Thai abortion scandal
Hello all,
Have a look at this site for statistical data:
TOTAL, 1922 - 2010: 863,000,000 - reported abortions, estimated 950,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,237,000 abortions
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/ ... p3310.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
karuna,
Chris
Have a look at this site for statistical data:
TOTAL, 1922 - 2010: 863,000,000 - reported abortions, estimated 950,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,237,000 abortions
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/ ... p3310.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
karuna,
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Chris,cooran wrote:Hello all,
Have a look at this site for statistical data:
TOTAL, 1922 - 2010: 863,000,000 - reported abortions, estimated 950,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,237,000 abortions
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/ ... p3310.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
karuna,
Chris
No one really knows the real figures. But it's a massive problem here. (I live in Thailand) sex education is poor and parents don't want to accept their kids are having sex. One 13 year old was recently expelled from a school I know for having sex in the toliet!
My wife told me most of here friends had had abortions.
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Graham
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Re: Thai abortion scandal
Where I live, there seems to be a taboo about getting abortions.
The result is that people who are too young to raise kids, with too little money, and a lack of emotional maturity, end up poorly raising kids.
The result is that people who are too young to raise kids, with too little money, and a lack of emotional maturity, end up poorly raising kids.
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Re: Thai abortion scandal
Good...Individual wrote:Where I live, there seems to be a taboo about getting abortions.
Thai abortion scandal
Surely the taboo should be having unplanned pregnancies.appicchato wrote:Good...Individual wrote:Where I live, there seems to be a taboo about getting abortions.
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Graham
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Then the vast majority if us wouldn't be here.GrahamR wrote:Surely the taboo should be having unplanned pregnancies.appicchato wrote:Good...Individual wrote:Where I live, there seems to be a taboo about getting abortions.
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Re: Thai abortion scandal
Ain't that the truth...
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Hello all,
This might be of interest:
Factors related to planned and unplanned pregnancies - Journal of Family Practice, August, 1996 by Jo Ann Rosenfeld, Kevin D. Everett
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... _18652597/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
with metta,
Chris
This might be of interest:
Factors related to planned and unplanned pregnancies - Journal of Family Practice, August, 1996 by Jo Ann Rosenfeld, Kevin D. Everett
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... _18652597/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
with metta,
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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We'd have be somewhere, though. Kamma makes sure of that.appicchato wrote:Ain't that the truth...
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Although it does involve a termination of life, doesnt abortion have a part to play in population control
Not to sound to cold but the human population is already to high as it is ....
Not to sound to cold but the human population is already to high as it is ....
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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A mass of suffering. Suffering being the cause and the effect.cooran wrote:Hello all,
Have a look at this site for statistical data:
TOTAL, 1922 - 2010: 863,000,000 - reported abortions, estimated 950,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,237,000 abortions
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/ ... p3310.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
karuna,
Chris
Kind regards