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Originally Posted by jaxie

I disagree that it is cultural if you are discounting the influence of the religion of a religious state on it.

Ireland for example has been a catholic country and a non catholic would have struggled to achieve very much that wasn't in keeping with the faith, like having an abortion for instance.

Culture is made up of many things, religion, morals, traditions. Clearly India and Pakistan have very similar cultures eventhough the main religions in the two countries are different.

Over 80% of Portuguese people are catholic and abortion is legal there so generalising laws on what religion the majority of a country is, is not always accurate