History Shocker! Ancient Persians Saw Abortion as Murder—Priests, Doctors Were against It

Peter Baklinski : Mar 26, 2014
LifeSiteNews.com

So much did the Persians value the "fetus as a living person equal to others" that they did not even have a rape or sexual abuse exception.

Abortion advocates turning to history in an attempt to find justifications for the killing of children in the womb will have to skip over the entire history of ancient Persia it appears. (Photo via LSN)

According to a study released last year by the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran, Ancient Persians saw abortion as murder, as "cutting out the roots of life and the most important blessing of God."

"Therefore, in their view, abortion equaled murder, and both doctors and priests condemned it," the study, titled An investigation into the ancient abortion laws: comparing ancient Persia with ancient Greece and Rome, found.

So much did the Persians value the "fetus as a living person equal to others" that they did not even have a rape or sexual abuse exception. Abortion in every case was "considered to be a murder" and due punishments were "meted out to the mother, father, and the person performing it."

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