Buddhism and Abortion

ROBERT FLORIDA Professor of Religion and Dean of Arts, Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada CLEO ODZER Researcher and Webmaster, Daytop Village, New York PINIT RATANAKUL Director of the Centre of Human Resources Development, Mahidol University, Bangkok WILLIAM R.LAFLEUR Professor of Japanese and the Joseph B. Glossberg Term Professor of Humanities, University of Pennsylvania ELIZABETH G.HARRISON Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona FRANK TEDESCO Teacher, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea JAMES P.MCDERMOTT Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York JAMES HUGHES Assistant Director of Research, MacLean Centre for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago

Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction; D. Keown PART ONE Abortion in Buddhist Thailand; R.E. Florida Abortion and Prostitution in Bangkok; C. Odzer Socio-Medical Aspects of Abortion in Thailand; P. Ratanakul PART TWO Abortion in Japan: Towards a 'Middle Way' for the West?; W.R. LaFleur 'I Can Only Move My Feet Towards Mizuko Kuyo ' Memorial Services for Dead Children in Japan; E.G. Harrison Abortion in Korea; F. Tedesco PART THREE Abortion in the Pali Canon and Early Buddhist Thought; J.P. McDermott Buddhism and Abortion: A Western Approach; J. Hughes Buddhism and Abortion: Is There a 'Middle Way'?; D. Keown Glossary Index