Saturday, March 25, 2006

Abortion

Most Indigenous American cultures, including my own, believe that each human being possesses an inorganic soul, and that the soul does not incarnate into the body until birth during the first breath of life outside of the womb. Therefore, abortion has never been taboo in most Indigenous American societies.

Back in the old days, and among "primitive" societies today, Indigenous American women exercised abortion as a means of birth control during the first trimester with the use of a special blade made of stone or bone that was inserted into the uterus. Medicinal plants referred to in Mesoamerica as "purgas" were used to help induce an abortion as well.

Some non-Indigneous American religionists believe that the soul incarnates into an embryo upon conception, or at some point when it develops into a fetus prior to birth. Most people who are opposed to abortion and who do not want it legal base their argument against abortion on that belief.

There are other people who are ethically opposed to abortion on the grounds that it potentially robs humanity of a human being who might end up contributing to the betterment of humankind significantly in some way, such as another Eienstein or someone who develops a cure for a disease. However, that category of anti-abortion proponent tends not to be opposed to the legalization of abortion, though, realizing that on the other hand, an abortion might be sparing the world from a potential evil tyrant like Hilter or Pol Pot, etc.. They also tend to respect from a legal standpoint a woman's right to choose whether she wants to go full term with a pregnancy or not.

From a scientific standpoint, a fetus cannot survive outside of the womb prior to the third trimester without artificial life support, and fetal brain activity is not fully active until about the seventh month of development. Some "pro-choicers" thus advocate that abortion ought to be legal up through at least the end of the second trimester.

Some people do not believe in a soul, and as just pointed out, there are varying beliefs by others about at what point it incarnates into the body, which cannot be proven scientifically. Therefore, abortion should be a matter of individual conscious on the part of the embryonic/fetal host, and not on the part of government legislators or the host's parents, even if she is an adolescent minor.

As for birth control and family planning, Indigenous Ameicans by-and-large never over-populated because they would abstain from sexual relations with the opposite sex during certain seasons. Europeans and some other cultures even used to use dried sheep intestines as condoms. Most Indigenous Americans today continue to suppport methods of family planning, and the utilization of various artifical means to prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

11 comments:

Diederick said...

I am pro-abrotion too, it is nescessary as we are overpopulating our beloved planet. If we grow much more we might fail to feed ourselves, let alone the immense pile of waste a human produces... though I think people might prefer a hospital instead of a piece of rock or bone ;)

Anonymous said...

Yeah... well I'm pro-LIFE. A child is a child end of story. Abortion is wrong on all levels and plus there isn't any convincing evidence to show that the size of our population is the cause of the world's most pressing issues, like war, famine, disease, and poverty. Population growth didn't create these problems--they have existed since people have existed. There are many heartbreaking stories about children surviving abortion Mabey you should read their stories. This is from a website: http://www.teenbreaks.com/abortion/abortionsurvivors.cfm

Teens Who Survived An Attempted Abortion

1. Attempted abortion survivors. These are people who survived an actual abortion attempt. In other words, the abortion failed to kill them.
2. Twin abortion survivors. These are people whose twin was aborted but they themselves survived.
3. Sibling abortion survivors. These are people born into families where a brother or sister was aborted.

Put yourself in their places. What is it like to know that your own parent attempted to kill you before you were born? Or, why was your brother or sister aborted and you were not? These are the terrible issues which abortion survivors have faced and dealt with. There are many abortion survivors.

Indioheathen said...

I am interested in knowing which traditional Indigenous American culture(s) hold the views on abortion that you have expressed.

Anonymous said...

I would be interested in knowing which tribes you extracted this from as I have read the exact opposite when it comes to Indigenous people and abortion. They value life inside and outside the womb.

Indioheathen said...
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Indioheathen said...

I don't know of any traditionalist "tribes" that oppose abortion as a means of birth control. Any that you say you have read about that oppose abortion are probably those that have been colonized by Roman Catholic or fundamentalist Christian missionaries.

Unknown said...

According to the Native American, Anishnabii, elders I have spoken to this is hogwash and they are ashamed of what is posted here.

Indioheathen said...

Those that identify today as Anishnabii are metis, and metis are colonized.

JC said...

Thank you.I needed this knowledge today. Stay blessed.

JC said...

Thank you. I needed this knowledge today. Stay blessed.

Anonymous said...

Are you out adopting the unwanted kids already here? Or just another " pro" lifers in title only