A study was done where Chinese men and women were interviewed and asked their opinions on abortion. Chinese women are pressured to have abortions if they try to have more than one child. They are fined, and sometimes imprisoned and forced to abort.
Here are the statistics:
Percentage that considered abortion:
taking a life: 36%
killing an infant: 31%
killing a human being: 27%
among Protestants
taking a life: 64%
killing an infant: 60%
killing a human being: 57%
among Catholics
taking a life: 92%
killing an infant 96%
killing a human being 88%
“Abortion in itself has nothing to do with ethics or morality.”
71% agreed
77% of Catholics disagreed
56% of Protestants disagreed
“Under some situations, it is necessary to force a woman to have an abortion.”
75% agreed
25% of Catholics agreed
According to the author of the study:
“… conversion to Christianity (after having no particular religious commitment) signaled a radical change in attitudes toward the fetus and thus toward abortion.”
Table 4.2 Percentages of Respondents Who Agreed That Abortion Was Equivalent to Taking a Life, Killing an Infant, or Killing a Human Being
Nie Jing-Bao Beyond the Silence: Chinese Voices on Abortion (New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005) 110-112
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