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Abortion advocates turning to history in an attempt to find justifications for the killing of children in the womb will have to skip over the entire history of ancient Persia it appears.

According to a study released last year by the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran, Ancient Persians saw abortion as murder, as “cutting off the roots of life and the most important blessing of God.”

“Therefore, in their view, abortion equalled murder, and both doctors and priests condemned it,” the study, titled An investigation into the ancient abortion laws: comparing ancient Persia with ancient Greece and Rome, found.

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So much did the Persians value the “foetus as a living person equal to others” that they did not even have a rape or sexual abuse exception. Abortion in every case was “considered to be a murder” and due punishments were “meted out to the mother, father, and the person performing it.”

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The authors conclude: “In ancient Persia, even the foetus had the right to live, and governments designed strict laws to protect it.”

“Severe and equal punishment for all persons involved in abortion and the measures as well as supporting laws to protect the wellbeing of the mother and child suggest that the aim of Persian legislation was to prevent abortion…”

How awesome is that?!

See full study here.

[H/T Big Blue Wave]