Abortion in Islamic Ethics, and How it is Perceived in Turkey: A Secular, Muslim Country

Ekmekçi, Perihan Elif

doi:10.1007/s10943-016-0277-9

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“…Moreover, the students' views were like the religious opinion of most Muslim scholars who permitted abortion of a pregnancy that resulted from rape, especially during war situations. However, some Muslim scholars have regulated the permission to abort in rape cases to the first trimester [ 5 , 8 , 12 , 25 ].…”

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Attitudes of Medical and Health Sciences Students towards Abortion in Jordan

Saadeh

Alfaqih

Odat

et al. 2021

BioMed Research International

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Background. Jordan laws on permitting abortion are considered moderate. Religion is one of the key determinants of people’s attitudes towards abortion and plays a crucial role in people’s readiness to accept or refute this practice. In this study, we examined the attitudes of medical and health sciences students towards abortion. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire survey was distributed to students at Jordan University of Science and Technology. Attitudes towards abortion were tested using 16 items that were included in the survey. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used in the analysis. Results. A total of 1324 students in the medicine and dentistry colleges participated in the study. Two-thirds of the participants were women. Most participants were 20–25 years old, and they grew up in a family of 6–8 members. The overall attitude towards abortion was negative, except if the pregnancy was a threat to the mother’s life (91.5%) or if the conception occurred from rape (54.2%). Otherwise, the students indicated that every conceived child has the right to be born (76.8%) and that abortion is considered murder (53.1%). Furthermore, the students who were more likely to support abortion were those attending the medical college, living in a city, and/or raised in smaller families ( p = 0.04 ). Conclusions. Compared with other students, medical students were more supportive of abortion. This implied the necessity to include training on safe abortion in the medical curriculum and increase public awareness of the importance of safe abortion.

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Attitudes of Medical and Health Sciences Students towards Abortion in Jordan

Saadeh

Alfaqih

Odat

et al. 2021

BioMed Research International

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“…This contrasts with the concept of the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs on abortion that perceives abortion on demand as a sin and not a right. This greatly affects the attitude of women and healthcare providers towards abortion in Turkey [22]. Also, the study conducted in Iran on midwives shows that 68.7% of them have extremely weak to moderate attitudes towards abortion [23].…”

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Assessment of knowledge and attitude of women in Herat, Afghanistan on Abortion: A cross-sectional study

Neyazi¹,

Jain

Emma

et al. 2021

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Background: According to the World Health Organization abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy prior to 20 weeks of gestation or a fetus born weighing less than 500g. The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude of women on abortion in Herat city of Afghanistan. This cross-sectional study also serves to fill up the gap of the scarcity of data on abortion in Afghanistan. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among women aged over 18 years old from over the 15 districts of Herat city of Afghanistan during 25 th March 2021 to 1 st June 2021. A total of 419 women participated in this study. Results: Total 30.3% of our participants were aged between 18-24 years old and 24.1% of the participants aged between 25-34 years old. Our 78.8% of the participants were married and 35.8% of the participants were Pashtuns by religion. Among 41.5% of them heard about safe abortion methods. Our 56.6% of the participants had a good knowledge score on abortion. Total 57.5% of the participants who aged between 18-24 years old had a good level of knowledge on abortion. Of all the illiterate participants in this study, 46.7% of them had a good level of knowledge on abortion while 76.9% of participants with high school educational level had a good level of knowledge on abortion. Conclusion: A comprehensive campaign on safe abortion covering all the ethical, religious, constitutional, and scientific domains should be considered by the ministry of Public Health. It is recommended that the ministry of education of Afghanistan consider organizing trainings on safe abortion for high school male and female students.

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“…The existing literature on abortion and Islam examine the relationship between abortion, Islam, and Muslim country's policy (Aramesh 2007;Bagheri et al 2011;Ekmekci 2017;Hessini 2008;Shapiro 2014;Surjadjaja 2008). These studies argue that Islam is a diverse religion, and due to the lack of a simple and straightforward reference on abortion in the Qur'an, the branches of Islam and different Muslim countries have diverse explanations, implications, and policies about it according to the Hadith and the ideas of religious scholars and commentators.…”

Section: Abortion In Muslim Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, people also have a women's rights stance (Kesen, Polat, and Daşbaş 2015;Lüleci et al 2016). While existing literature focuses on the impact of gender, income, educational level, age, and the number of children and siblings to understand attitudes toward abortion (Akın and Bertan 1996;Ekmekci 2017;Ergor and Akin 1996;Gursoy 1996;Hessini 2007;Kesen, Polat, and Daşbaş 2015), they ignored how liberal sexual relations, religious factors, personal and social religiosity, and personal faith have an impact on individuals' attitudes toward abortion in Turkey and other Muslim countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

Liberal sexual morality, religion, and attitudes toward abortion in Turkey

Fidan

Alagoz

Karaman

2021

Scientific Study of Religion

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The present study examines the association between sexual morality, religion, and attitudes toward the practice of abortion in Turkey. Drawing upon data from the 2008-2010 European Value Survey in the case of Turkey, several hypotheses were tested concerning the role of liberal sexual relations and many aspects of religion on abortion attitudes. Findings reveal that support of liberal sexual relations demonstrates the strongest justification for abortion. As a religious determinant, prayer practice indicates the most robust opposition to the practice of abortion. Additional religious factors, personal religious identity, and personal faith were also found to be significantly associated with antiabortion attitudes. The findings are discussed and have implications for future research on attitudes toward abortion.

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Abortion in Islamic Ethics, and How it is Perceived in Turkey: A Secular, Muslim Country

Cited by 18 publications

References 10 publications

Attitudes of Medical and Health Sciences Students towards Abortion in Jordan

Attitudes of Medical and Health Sciences Students towards Abortion in Jordan

Assessment of knowledge and attitude of women in Herat, Afghanistan on Abortion: A cross-sectional study

Liberal sexual morality, religion, and attitudes toward abortion in Turkey

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