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Sikhi & Abortion – Gurmat Perspective

Tuesday

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26

November

2019

State of the Panth

In the past few years, more and more US states placed restrictions on abortion practices and the issue has been dominating news headlines ever since.

In the past few years, more and more US states placed restrictions on abortion practices and the issue has been dominating news headlines ever since. Additionally, we have conducted an extensive survey of 1,277 self-identified Sikhs from 28 countries to present the perspective of the Panth, and how it differs from Gurmat.

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Thursday

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7

November

2019

Sikhi & Abortion

Abortion as defined by the the Oxford dictionary is a “deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.” Abortions have long been performed and long been the subject of considerable debate.

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Harinder Singh

Senior Fellow, Research & Policy

Harinder Singh is the Senior Fellow at the Sikh Research Institute. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University, an MS in Engineering Management from the University of Kansas, and an MPhil from Punjab University in the linguistics of the Guru Granth Sahib.

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Jasleen Kaur

Research Associate

Jasleen Kaur is a Research Associate at the Sikh Research Institute. She has received a Religious Studies B.A./M.A. from the University of Virginia, focusing on South Asian Religions through the lens of literature and poetry.

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