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<p><b>Multifaceted Religious Traditions on Abortion:</b></p>
<p>When religious positions on abortion are discussed, we usually hear how abortion is condemned and regarded as murder. Religious traditions are more pluralistic and varied than that, however, and even within those religions most publicly opposed to abortion, we find that there are traditions which would permit abortion, even if only in limited circumstances. It&#8217;s important to understand these traditions because not every religion regards abortion as a simplistic, black &amp; white decision.</p>
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<p><b>Roman Catholicism &amp; Abortion:</b> <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=1191" title="Permanent Link: Diverse Religious Traditions on the Morality of Abortion" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(1094 words, estimated 4:23  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

<div class="post-teaser-block">This is a preview of <q>Diverse Religious Traditions on the Morality of Abortion</q>. <a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=1191" title="Permanent Link: Diverse Religious Traditions on the Morality of Abortion" rel="bookmark">Read the full post (1094 words, estimated 4:23  mins reading time)</a></div>{"id":1191,"date":"2013-03-15T10:19:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2013-08-15T18:19:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:19:59","slug":"diverse-religious-tradition-on-the-morality-of-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Diverse Religious Traditions on the Morality of Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Multifaceted Religious Traditions on Abortion:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When religious positions on abortion are discussed, we usually hear how abortion is condemned and regarded as murder. 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