ABORTION
(See also Childbirth; Illegitimate Births; Moral Breakdown; Pregnancy)
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g81 10/8 28
attitude of—
early Christians: w82 2/1 6
Planned Parenthood: g80 5/22 14
banned in Romania: g67 12/22 29
Bible view: g82 3/8 18-19; tr 164-165; g80 5/22 15; w78 9/1 13; w77 478-480; w75 191-192; g75 8/22 5-6; w74 509; w73 420; tp73 156-157; g73 3/22 11; g73 12/22 28; ad 22; g70 10/22 6-7, 27-28; w69 223, 325-326, 767-768; w64 692-693; g64 12/8 20
Buddhism’s attitude toward: g82 3/8 17-18
Catholic Church:
divided over issue: w85 5/15 19
clergy view: w77 668; g77 3/8 29; w73 419-420; g73 4/22 29; g72 7/22 30; w71 484; g71 4/8 30; g71 10/22 30; g70 10/22 29; g67 7/8 31
comments on: w85 12/1 3; w75 248; g75 6/8 30; g73 2/8 12-13; g72 3/22 30; g72 6/8 30
girl comments on parental permission needed for ear piercing but not for: g77 1/8 31
commercial sale of fetuses: g81 1/22 29
court rulings:
husband has no legal right to stop wife from having an abortion: w78 9/1 13
states in U.S. not required to finance abortions for poor: w77 572
unborn child’s life not protected by law: g80 5/22 10; w78 9/1 13
U.S. Supreme Court: w83 12/1 28
dangers: g78 11/8 30; g73 3/22 9-10; g73 5/8 29; g70 10/22 4-6; g70 11/22 30; g66 8/8 29; g64 12/8 17-19
deaths from blood transfusions: g78 6/22 30
definition: g74 2/8 13
DES (hormone):
morning-after pill: g74 1/22 16
“diary” of an unborn child: g84 7/22 14-15; g80 5/22 16
prevents an abortion: g81 11/8 28
use in school: g82 11/22 16
discussion: g82 3/8 16-20; g80 5/22 10-16; g75 8/22 3-6; w73 419-420; g73 3/22 8-11; ad 22; g70 10/22 3-7; g70 11/8 21-23; g64 12/8 16-20; w51 159-160
doctors’ views: w80 12/1 15; g80 5/22 12-15, 20; w74 509; g72 11/22 30; g71 2/22 29; g71 7/8 30; g71 7/22 19
fetus as a “patient”: w81 11/15 22
Hippocratic oath regarding: g77 9/8 12
effect of accepting the idea of:
“therapeutic” euthanasia: w83 4/15 28
effects: g78 11/8 30; g75 8/22 4-5; g74 6/22 7-8; g73 3/22 10-11; g73 5/8 29; g71 12/8 31
on child-abuse problem: g80 5/22 15
on number of adoptable babies: g85 5/8 29
on women: w85 12/1 3
experiences:
deaf boy’s appreciation that his mother did not get an: g82 8/8 28
opposed husband fails to force Witness wife to have an: yb83 12
school discussion: yb82 14-15
Witness refuses: g71 1/8 25-26
Witness student convinces class of correctness of Bible’s view: w85 5/1 22
women refuse: g83 3/22 22; yb82 14-15; g82 3/8 16, 20; g81 10/8 28; w75 192; w75 266; g74 8/22 23
fetus a person: g82 3/8 19; g80 5/22 15; g75 6/8 30; g73 4/8 29-30; g73 12/22 27-28; g71 2/22 29
methods: g80 5/22 10; g74 1/22 15-16; g73 3/22 9-10; g70 10/22 3
minipill: g74 1/22 15; g73 4/8 29
nurses’ comments: g80 5/22 12-13
nurses quit: g75 8/22 5; g74 8/8 30
opponents of capital punishment approve: w77 248
prevalence: g76 4/8 31; g73 2/8 13; g73 3/22 8; g73 5/8 4; g72 1/22 4; g72 5/8 31; g72 5/22 8; g72 11/22 30; w71 484; g71 6/22 29-30; g71 9/8 29; g71 9/22 30; g71 12/8 31; w70 271; g70 2/8 30; g70 4/22 30; g70 8/8 30; g70 10/8 30; g70 10/22 3-4; g70 11/8 22; g69 11/8 29; g69 12/8 30; w68 54; g68 4/8 30; g68 5/22 29; g67 6/8 29; g67 6/22 29; g67 7/8 29; g67 11/8 30; g67 11/22 30-31; g67 12/8 30; g66 9/8 29; g64 10/8 7; g64 12/8 16-17; g63 7/8 29; g62 11/8 30
by age group: g85 11/8 30
Canada: g84 3/8 30
chart: g75 8/22 5
women dying from: g78 11/8 30
worldwide: w85 1/15 10; g85 7/22 5; g83 11/22 3; g82 3/8 16; w81 1/15 12; w80 11/1 3; g80 5/22 11; g79 7/8 31; g78 11/8 30
rackets: g74 8/22 29
research on fetus: g73 6/22 30; g73 12/22 27-28
spontaneous:
question as to the possibility of a resurrection: w84 3/15 30-31
relation to smoking: g80 4/8 24
survey as to religion of patients: w81 4/15 30
to regard destruction of the fetus as just another surgical procedure is to disregard centuries of criminology, theology and moral philosophy (quote): w83 12/1 28
unreasonableness of: g81 8/22 29; g80 5/22 15
when life begins: g75 8/22 5-6; w74 509; g74 2/8 13; tp73 156
when scientists destroy the fertilized egg in a test-tube baby procedure: w81 6/1 31
why performed: g82 3/8 16-17, 19; g80 5/22 11
why preferred by some Catholic women: w81 4/15 30
women’s liberation: g74 2/8 30
List by Place
Brazil: g80 5/22 11
Britain: g85 5/8 29; g72 3/22 30-31
Canada: g85 11/8 30; g84 3/8 30
Colombia: g82 3/8 17
Czechoslovakia: g73 3/22 8
France: w82 2/1 6
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): w82 2/1 6
Greece (ancient): g78 6/22 4
Hungary: g73 3/22 8
India: g80 5/22 11; w78 7/1 7; g75 8/22 4
Israel: g78 8/8 30
Knesset legalizes abortion: g78 8/8 30
Italy: g84 7/8 12; g82 3/8 17; g80 5/22 11
church’s effort to have abortion law repealed: g81 8/22 30
Japan: g83 10/8 31; g82 3/8 16-18; g80 5/22 11; w78 7/1 7; g74 6/22 7-8; g73 3/22 8; g73 12/22 31
Buddhist mass for babies killed by: g82 12/22 30
collecting funds for girls to have abortions: g79 3/22 31
Netherlands: w82 2/1 6
Poland: w85 5/15 19; g83 10/22 31; g83 11/22 3; g73 3/22 8; g60 3/8 30
Portugal: g82 3/8 17
Rome (ancient): g78 6/22 4
Soviet Union: g83 5/22 29; g80 5/22 11
Spain: g83 5/22 29
Sweden: g83 7/22 30; g78 5/8 31
United States: g83 11/22 3; w82 2/1 6; g80 5/22 11; w78 7/1 7; g76 8/8 30; g73 3/22 8; g60 9/8 30
legalized: w73 419-420; g73 3/22 29
New York City: g76 3/22 31
U.S. Supreme Court: w83 12/1 28
Yugoslavia: w85 12/1 3; g73 3/22 8