Editing Religion and abortion (section)

==Sikhism==
The [[Sikh]] [[Sikh Rehat Maryada]] (code of conduct) does not deal directly with abortion.  However, it does explicitly prohibit the practice of '[[kuri-mar]]',<ref name="SikhRehtMaryada">{{cite book |title=The Code of Conduct and conventions. English Version of The Sikh Reht Maryada |url=http://new.sgpc.net/sikh-rehat-maryada-in-english/ |location=Amritsar |publisher= Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee |page=24}}</ref><ref name="Patel2007">{{cite book|author=Tulsi Patel|title=Sex-Selective Abortion in India: Gender, Society and New Reproductive Technologies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UegqZBISwBYC&pg=PA242|access-date=14 November 2015|year=2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3539-1|pages=242, 419}}</ref> a Punjabi term which literally means "girl killing" but also encompasses female foeticide.<ref name="Patel2007"/><ref name="OldenburgTalwar2010">{{cite book|first=Veena Talwar |last=Oldenburg |title= Dowry Murder: Reinvestigating A Cultural Whodunnit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbJLqd9flhAC&pg=PA23|access-date=|year=2010|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn= 978-0-14-306399-5 |page=23}}</ref><ref name="McLeod2009">{{cite book|author=W. H. McLeod|title=The A to Z of Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgixwfeCyDAC&pg=PA119|access-date=14 November 2015|date=24 July 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6344-6|pages=65–66, 119}}</ref>

The [[Guru Granth Sahib]] (primary scripture and source of Sikh religious guidance for Sikhs), does not provide any specific dictate on abortion. Many Sikhs will therefore interpret certain parts of texts and make a personal decision when confronted with a clearly abnormal fetus.<ref name="The British Medical Journal (BMJ)">{{cite journal|url = https://adc.bmj.com/content/90/6/560 |publisher = BMJ|title =Sikh birth customs|first1= R|last1= Gatrad|first2= J|last2= Jhutti-Johal|first3= P S |last3 =Gill|first4= A |last4=Sheikh|doi = 10.1136/adc.2004.064378 |journal = Archives of Disease in Childhood|date = 2005|volume = 90|issue = 6|pages = 560–563| pmid=15908616 | pmc=1720438 }}</ref>

However, while there is no explicit prohibition in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] or the [[Sikh Rehat Maryada]], abortion is generally viewed by some Sikhs as forbidden because it is said to interfere with the creative work of God.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/sikhethics/abortion.shtml BBC]</ref> Despite this theoretical viewpoint, abortion is not uncommon among the Sikh community in India, and there is growing concern that [[Sex-selective abortion|female foetuses are being aborted]] because of the cultural preference for sons.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>