An 1832 state law forbade abortion except "when necessary to save a life."

The Roman Catholic Church does not recognize divorce and forbids artificial birth control and abortion.

Generally speaking, the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize divorce and forbids abortion, artificial birth control and ordination of women and married men.

He was an Irish Catholic, and his church forbade abortion as murder, and murders were things he'd investigated-and even witnessed once.

This law would have forbidden abortion under virtually every circumstance, including in cases of rape and incest.

Also, the Didache, an early Church document, explicitly forbids abortion along with infanticide, both common practices in the Roman Empire, as murder.

One can argue that the latter tradition makes the rejection of abortion an infallible doctrine, since ancient church canons forbid abortion.

And the Irish Medical Council is in the process of debating changes to its ethical guidelines, which forbid abortion under any circumstances.

However, the Tosafot text that applies Noahide law to forbid abortion does not go unchallenged.

Karen's religious beliefs forbid abortion, so that is not an option for her.