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:"It is a crime next to murder itself to destroy and abort the fetus except for extreme reasons which would endanger the life of the mother."
:"It is a crime next to murder itself to destroy and abort the fetus except for extreme reasons which would endanger the life of the mother."


*[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/59/6#6 ]
*[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/59/6#6 D&C 59:6]
:"Thou shalt not ... kill, nor do anything like unto it."
:"Thou shalt not ... kill, nor do anything like unto it."


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*[http://www.economist.com/node/5246700 "Oops-onomics"], The Economist, 1 Dec 2005
*[http://www.economist.com/node/5246700 "Oops-onomics"], The Economist, 1 Dec 2005
:Report of the debunking of  
:Report of the debunking of the correlation between abortion and low crime rates.
:See also:
:See also:
:*“The Impact of Legalised Abortion on Crime”. Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2001.
:*“The Impact of Legalised Abortion on Crime”. Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2001.
:*“Testing Economic Hypotheses with State-Level Data: A comment on Donohue and Levitt (2001)”. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston working paper. November 2005. Available at www.bos.frb.org/economic/wp/wp2005/wp0515.pdf
:*“Testing Economic Hypotheses with State-Level Data: A comment on Donohue and Levitt (2001)”. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston working paper. November 2005. Available at www.bos.frb.org/economic/wp/wp2005/wp0515.pdf
* Sarah Knapton, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/26/bright-flash-of-light-marks-incredible-moment-life-begins-when-s/ "Bright flash of light marks incredible moment life begins when sperm meets egg"], The Telegraph, 26 April 2016
* Tim Hume, [http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/europe/pope-francis-absolve-abortion/index.html "Pope Francis extends Catholic priests' power to forgive abortion"], CNN, 21 Nov 2016


==Cross-References==
==Cross-References==
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*[[Birth Control]]
*[[Birth Control]]
*[[Child Abandonment]]
*[[Child Abandonment]]
*[[Children]]

Latest revision as of 23:26, 28 January 2022

  • Dallin H. Oaks, "Weightier Matters", Ensign, Jan. 2001, p. 13
"It is a crime next to murder itself to destroy and abort the fetus except for extreme reasons which would endanger the life of the mother."
"Thou shalt not ... kill, nor do anything like unto it."
  • Tadd R. Callister, "The Inevitable Apostasy", pp. 207-212
Early Christian opposition to abortion.
Footnote 341 of chapter 14 has a good noteworthy line of reasoning condemning abortion on biblical grounds.
Report of the debunking of the correlation between abortion and low crime rates.
See also:
  • “The Impact of Legalised Abortion on Crime”. Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2001.
  • “Testing Economic Hypotheses with State-Level Data: A comment on Donohue and Levitt (2001)”. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston working paper. November 2005. Available at www.bos.frb.org/economic/wp/wp2005/wp0515.pdf

Cross-References