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Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan
by William R. LaFleur
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- ISBN-13: 9780691029658
- ISBN: 0691029652
- Publication Date: 1994
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? Equally puzzling to many Westerners is the Japanese practice ofmizukorites, in which the parents of aborted fetuses pray for the well-being of these rejected "lives." In this provocative investigation, William LaFleur examines abortion as a window on the culture and ethics of Japan. At the same time he contributes to the Western debate on abortion, exploring how the Japanese resolve their conflicting emotions privately and avoid the pro-life/pro-choice politics that sharply divide Americans on the issue.William R. LaFleur is the author of 'Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan', published 1994 under ISBN 9780691029658 and ISBN 0691029652.
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