… not have serious antipathy … abortion among Far Eastern countries to Confucianism, for
such an argument lacks concrete evidence. Moreover, the essential philosophy of Confucianism …

… abortion in China’s ambitious and intrusive planned fertility program as well as diverse
Chinese such as Confucian perspectives… gender-based discrimination in serious conflict. In the …

This paper examines the voices surrounding abortion expressed by monasteries in
Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan. As the fundamental principle of ethics, non-harming (ahimsā) …

… such as Confucianism) regarding making a decision on abortion. … the father in the decision
of abortion, as well as the enormous … , but only in the reasonable Confucian construction of the …

… Confucianism, it is difficult to isolate distinctly Shinto elements within Japanese ethics. In fact,
Confucian … This new law authorizes abortion for two reasons: one because of serious risk …

… tive abortion of female foetuses is officially forbidden in China there is a serious deviation …
, rooted in the Confucian tradition, besides sex-selective abortion of female foetuses can be …

… Abortion was regarded as an unwilling but reasonable result … abortion narratives: Confucian,
neoliberalism and religious discourses. Confucian discourse considers premarital abortion …

… , both abortion and sex-selective abortion served the modernization of the patrilineal Confucian
… religious practice of Confucian patriarchy overrode the illegality of abortion and made it …

… Daoism also shares the Confucian belief in the supernatural and the practice of ancestor
worship, though it differs from Confucianism in holding a mystical attitude toward the world (see …

… practices but was then challenged when abortion was first criminalised during Japanese rule.
… by the Aid from the United States, abortion was legalised in 1985. Debates on political and …