Abstract
Abortion, has been practiced by societies for centuries, and within each society has been based upon the beliefs, traditions, religions, and moral perspectives of the people involved. The number of abortions currently carried out worldwide is high, and this stimulates considerable debate as to whether abortion should always be considered wrong or whether it can ever be acceptable. In 2010, the news of the recovery of 2,002 illegally aborted fetuses at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok provoked the debate on whether abortion should be freely performed. The circumstances also brought criticism of how this huge number could happen in a Buddhist country like Thailand. According to Buddhist ethics, the first precept instructs lay Buddhists to abstain from killing or harming any living being or destroying living creatures. In Buddhist beliefs, a life begins from the first moment of conception, therefore, abortion, which is obviously an act of harming and killing an innocent life, is definitely sinful and against the precept. The majority of Buddhists therefore agree that abortion is equal to the killing of a human being, and is a form of sinfulness that should be avoided.
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