interesting topic and point, I'm gonna repost this as a post

I imagine it's basically split in most religions, there are "leftists" who don't really follow the religion (like ianmaytay mentions in "Catholicism" pelosi and biden) and then those who follow it. I could see an argument in Buddhism / Hinduism / Sikhism for respecting life and doing no harm on the conservative side of things or a "who cares because reincarnation" side allowing a leftist interpretation allowing abortion.

https://infogalactic.com/info/Major_religious_groups

https://infogalactic.com/info/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions

https://infogalactic.com/info/Religion_and_abortion

https://infogalactic.com/info/Christianity_and_abortion

With Jews, I imagine some would interpret abortion as being against the 6th commandment "Thou shalt not kill".

Polls of Jews in America report that 88% of American Jews are pro-choice.

https://infogalactic.com/info/Judaism_and_abortion

The sacred texts of Hindus have a clear stance against abortion. The Vedas represent abortion as morally reprehensible and it is listed with the most heinous actions.

https://infogalactic.com/info/Hinduism_and_abortion

There is no single Buddhist view concerning abortion.

Inducing or otherwise causing an abortion is regarded as a serious matter in the monastic rules followed by both Theravada and Vajrayana monks; monks can be expelled for assisting a woman in procuring an abortion.[2] Traditional sources do not recognize a distinction between early- and late-term abortion, but in Sri Lanka and Thailand the "moral stigma" associated with an abortion grows with the development of the fetus.

Even the Dalai Lama has explained that the overall picture must be viewed:

Of course, abortion, from a Buddhist viewpoint, is an act of killing and is negative, generally speaking. But it depends on the circumstances.[1]

https://infogalactic.com/info/Buddhism_and_abortion

Jainism opposes abortion 100%.

according to conservapedia: https://www.conservapedia.com/Religious_views_on_abortion

Someone reminded me recently that I think I read throughout history children had very few "rights" and without Christianity they were subject to abortion and being basically disregarded (even with Christianity, the phrase until very modern times "children should be seen not heard" - meaning not to talk back to parents or that they should take an obedient position towards elders)

In Islam, the fetus is believed to become a living soul after four months of gestation,[1] and abortion after that point is generally viewed as impermissible.

https://infogalactic.com/info/Islam_and_abortion

ok so islam is half and half on this one it sounds like

there are of course atheists and agnostics who believe that unborn children are alive and human, although they may be a minority (I could see a self-interested argument by the atheists that abortion threatens the one life they believe in, while agnostics might not know one way or the other and want to take a "safe course" by allowing children to be born)

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