Soul Work Narative

The Individual: Chapter 23

Conception, Pregnancy, Abortion

Conception, Pregnancy and Abortion are such complex issues,
and the situation a woman, couple may find themselves in are so vast,
There is no way to humanly create hard rules in such an area.
The following religious point of view is just meant as an aid that might help sort out some of it.

Timeline Considerations

Before Conception

Egg and Sperm are just cells. Anything can be done with them.
Thus there is no moral or etical problem with any method of keeping them from joining.

Living Tissue

Joining of Egg and Sperm in conception is the birth of new living tissue.
It has some value. But no more value than the growth of a plantar wart on your foot.
It can be removed, carefully.
Thus keeping a zygote from implanting, or removing it soon afterwards is similar to the moral and ethical consideration of removing a plantar wart.

Living Being

The Embryo continues as living growing tissue until the heart and other organs start working.
At that point the living tissue becomes a living being.
Not yet a human being.

Living beings do require more respect.
What are the moral and ethical guidelines for a close family pet?
The living being inside a woman deserves the same respect.
Pets may be put to sleep if conditions warrent it.
But it should be done humanily.

Ripping a living being apart is cruel and morally reprehenceable.
Soul work theology would pressure the medical community to develop more human ways of ending a living being.

Quickened Being

The situation changes at 'quickening'.
Quicking is the point where the living tissue is developed enough that a soul can take up residence.
This is the point where the living being becomes a quickened being.

This can be announced by the Baby's first kick. the one that says, "Hello, I'm here."

Once the soul has taken up residence, Abortion is a much more serious issue. But still a choice only the woman can make.

Ethical Considerations of 2nd, 3rd trimester

• It may be possible for developmental problems to be so severe that quicking does not occur.
• There is no moral imperative to carry a dead fetus or unsurvivable baby to term.
• If carrying a fetus to term puts the mothers' life in danager, That is the decision only the woman can make.
• Woman should not be forced to face a lifetime of motherhood for Wrongful Conception: rape, incest, deceit, otherwise imposed conception
• Bad time / situation: Only the woman can weigh the potential hardships vs the potential possibilities
• From a religious perspective, miscarriages are miscarriages, end of story

In general, Women should be supported. Their choices to carry or not should be respected not legislated. Aborting a Healthy late term pregnancy is a more serious matter than an early pregnancy.

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