Rind wrote:
> I was wondering has anyone in this group every researched this topic
> for a college project or anything. I know that abortion exists in
> Japan, but I was wondering is there any stigma attached to it, are
> Japanese on the by and large pro-life or pro-choice, do Japanese people
> frown upon married women having abortions and so forth????
> 

Generally Japanese mind their own business and have better manners to 
discuss other people's medical conditions. Look up the concept uchi/soto 
and you will find a tonne of information. Also Buddhist concepts are 
that the child doesn't have a soul until born, the soul of an aborted 
fetus is just going to have to wait until mum gets preggers again.