Q110. Is abortion bad or good?

Abortion is very bad. Would a mother kill a child she has seen? No! Just because the child is in the womb and not seen, does it mean that the child is not the mothers’, or does it mean the child is not alive in the womb? From the second a woman becomes pregnant; a new soul has entered the woman’s womb. This means a unique living being with consciousness is now in the womb of the mother. Only a stonehearted and very cruel mother would kill this unique living being. “All living entities are My eternal fragmental particles. Due to material nature, they are conditioned by the six senses, including the mind, and struggle very hard.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 15.7) All living beings belong to God, and thus, we have no right to take away life (human or animal).