Excerpt from 十秒因果：佛家對墮胎的說法，墮胎的果報是什麼？

Abortion is also called interruption of pregnancy, induced abortion, Intentional termination of pregnancy. The act of removing or causing the death of the fetus, in China, people generally don’t discuss anything about bioethical issues such as abortion. Many people have voluntary abortion in the context of the one-child policy, or are forced to obtain abortion by relevant authorities. In many countries (especially in Western countries), abortion is very controversial. The main issues are about morality, religion and female's physical autonomy. From a Buddhist viewpoint, abortion is equivalent to killing an Arhat. Arhats are the Buddhist practitioners of Theravada Buddhism. They cut off all desires in order to purify themselves and obtain the fruits of karma. Because the fetus is in the abdomen, it makes everything impossible to connect with the evil. The fetus is considered as a completely pure life, that’s why the Buddha includes the killing of a fetus as the five felonies in Buddhism, which is the heaviest crime violating the Buddha dharma, and the criminal must have eternal suffering in hell. Those who have abortions will suffer not only in hell after death, but severe illness and shortened life as karma during the lifetime. Indeed, many women cannot get rid of physical and psychological trauma after the abortion. Abortion often becomes an indelible scar in life. Some people get all kinds of diseases after abortion. Even if they might not be sick, their guilt and pain, or the suspicious feelings are comparable to the torment of hell (Master Xin Wu) The negative karma of abortion: Fertility difficulties. Discord between wife and husband. Inexplicable fight and quarrel. It becomes easier for both people to lose their minds, or even marital breakdown occurs. Children are not filial. Children scream and cry without any reason. Always hear a voice saying, ‘’Go to hell!’’ This is the voice from the life of another dimensional space and time. Poor health with various diseases which are hard to get cured. Physically and mentally painful. Work doesn’t go well. No luck in making money. The loss of good fortune. The eminent monk's instructions for the karma of abortion. Master Xin Wu stated: the common consequences of abortion include Infertility Miscarriage Stillbirth Ectopic pregnancy Bleeding and infection Exhaustion Shock and coma Uterine perforation Peritonitis Intense pain Loss of body organs Insomnia Anorexia Reduced work capacity Very nervous Breast cancer If the fetus holds a secret grudge, after the reincarnation, it will revenge in various sorts of way, such as killing, wounding, cheating, robbing, insulting... People often get murdered, injured or suddenly lost control of their consciousness or have the desire to kill someone else accidentally or inexplicably, it’s all because of the karma. Khenpo Sodargye: Abortion is almost as five kinds of evil acts leading to rebirth in the unremitting hell. People in ancient times are more innocent. Natural fertilized. They also love their family and flesh and blood. People seldomly had abortion or committed infanticide. According to the text on Buddhist scriptures, killing the fetus is almost equivalent to committing five kinds of evil acts leading to rebirth in the unremitting hell. The burden and worry of people in modern society became heavier and heavier. People don’t follow the instructions of the ancient sages anymore. They don’t know restrain selfish desires. They are full of evil ideas, and complicated social problems. Mater Lu Hui: Abortion is killing For the pregnancy less than 49 days, when the abortion is made, it is equivalent to the inferior homicide. For the pregnancy of more than 49 days, And when the abortion is made, it is equivalent to superior homicide. Those who take the five precepts or bodhisattva precepts are considered as breaking the fundamental precept. This is a serious killing. Be careful. Don’t have any abortion! Spirits that are reborn as the children of their parent mean that their destiny is tightly connected. If the mother has been pregnant for several months and tries to use induced abortion to remove the child, that child might become an infant spirit staying with their parents until their destiny with their parents comes to an end that they will go to reincarnation. Induced abortion is to end a life that will have been born. It will make a bad bond. And it will have a bad influence on parents themselves! Master Xuan Hua: Abortion and intractable diseases I would like to give a piece of advice to everyone. Keep the morality of husband and wife relationship. Don't divorce. Take good care of your children, and make the family happy. And the country will become peaceful accordingly. In addition, I want to persuade everyone not to have any abortion. Think about it. A life that hasn’t yet been born became the revengeful spirit asking for people’s life. Desperate ghosts everywhere, do you think the society will be peaceful? These ghosts need people who are not greedy and had religious practice to achieve the reincarnation. It is hard to get rid of infant ghosts. Extremely difficult. Sins and karma are everywhere. Can you say you want a peaceful life in this situation? The problem of abortion is very serious. So many intractable diseases in the world today are mainly because of abortion. The unborn life might think: You made me die so early, so I won't make your life easier. Therefore, that’s the reason why we have so many intractable diseases. According to the history of abortion, before 1550 B.C., we’ve known that the earliest abortion was performed in the ancient Egypt from the most ancient medical book, Ebers Papyrus. The abortion in China began in the Han Dynasty according to the historical records. And there were three forms of abortion techniques. After Tang and Sung Dynasty due to the pressure of population growth, abortion has become widespread in some regions, leading to the publicization and professionalization of abortion. But because of the traditional idea of reproductivity and anti-abortion, we’ve been looked down on the technology, and it has never been perfect. Thus, the human being has paid the blood price for a long period of time. Abortion has been a controversially social phenomenon since ancient times. As an objective fact, it always exists in our lives. And it has been recorded in a book of the Han Dynasty… in the Volume 97 "The Story of Yuan Hou" of "Han Shu": "During the rule of Emperor Cheng of Han, the Empress Zhao Feiyan and her sister Zhao Hede have been favored by the emperor for more than ten years, without any children. To always be favored by the emperor, they forced the palace servants to get pregnant and made them have abortion – they put people who got pregnant to death and make those pregnant women drink the poison for the removal of children. " The physical side effects of abortion are as below: It may cause menstrual disorders. A few patients have irregular cycles, prolonged menstrual periods, and most patients have increased menstrual bleeding after abortion. It may also cause cervical adhesions or intrauterine adhesions. Cervical adhesions could result in hematometra, causing infection of the endometrial cavity. It might cause habitual abortion in the future. More abortions are performed, so the greater possibility of abortion, and cause lifelong infertility. Uterine perforation: the more the number of weeks of pregnancy the higher the risk is, and the more miscarriages may occur. The chance of perforation increases as well, People with abnormal position and shape of uterus, or previously operated uterus (caesarean section or myomectomy), have a greater chance of perforation. Cervical or endometrial mucus: when performing an induced abortion, if the doctor’s performance is too careless, It is likely to cause injury and inflammation of the cervix or lining, And it is possible to cause postoperative adhesions of cervix or endometrium, and menstrual abnormalities as well. If people have amenorrhea or extremely light menstrual blood flow, those belonging to the severs cases will have problems such infertility in the future. Cervical trauma: during the process of induced abortion, if you are not careful enough, and the cervical dilation happens too fast, it may cause damage to the cervix, and make miscarriage easy to happen during the pregnancy in the future. It happens more often for women who are pregnant for the first time or have not given birth. Incomplete miscarriage: if the operation is incomplete, a small amount of fetal tissue might remain in the uterus. It may affect uterine contraction and cause continuous bleeding, adhesions, infection, etc. In this case, it is better to do another operation to carefully remove the remaining tissue. Abnormal position or shape of the uterus is easier to cause this kind of sequela. Bacterial infection: If the tool is not completely disinfected, or the operator didn’t pay attention to the aseptic process, it may cause intrauterine infection, or even continue to infect the fallopian tube and pelvic cavity. In severe cases, it may cause ectopic pregnancy or infertility in the future Psychological impact Abortion makes people feel guilty, have suicidal impulse, withdraw, regret, lose confidence, have weaker self-esteem, become hostile and angry, feel desperate and helpless, feel hateful to people related to abortion, end the relationship with their partner, loss libido, unable to forgive themselves, and cause psychological disorders such as nightmares.