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primitive societies and ancient practices have always included abortion. It is interesting to think of how a society would be so loving and open that no-one would think to terminate a pregnancy based on a loving encounter. Really inconvenient or life treating pregnancies leading to sanctioned abortions would be accepted with compassion. As I enticed, abortion is at the interface of humans and nature and worth a lot of thought. Ideologies are based on the underlying asumotions and, if there is conflict, to be explored with awe and interest.

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As I think about this, I’m reminded of Thomas’s “Harmless People”, and her descriptions of how !Kung women, would, in times of famine and scarcity, immediately bury their newborns, rather than watch them die of starvation.

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Should Chinese parents be allowed to choose the gender of their offspring?

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Would there be abortions in garden world? Would the technology even still exist for abortions?

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