I don't know what you are referring to. Every Christian group I know about believes that the innocent go to Heaven.
Well, the Catholic Church used to have a thing about limbo. But even they don't much believe that any more.
What religious group, that believes in Heaven and Hell, think that babies who die don't go to Heaven?
Tom
Any group that believes in the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. Which is a goodly percentage of them.
Any group which believes in 'original sin' has to believe that babies do not necessarily go to heaven. In fact, they pretty much have to believe that hell is the default position. That's why so many of 'em have infant baptism.
The problem here is that there seems to be a disconnect between what many Christians believe in their 'heart of hearts' and what their official doctrine is. I don't know many Christians who LIKE the idea that a newborn (or a fetus) goes to hell because original sin guarantees that none are born innocent, and mostly they don't like to think about it.
However, it is very much an unavoidable part of their doctrine. Predestination and Calvinism demand it. It's unavoidable.
Now me?
I agree with what they believe in their 'heart of hearts...' but then I don't believe in original sin and if there was any religious belief that I would hold in utter contempt, it would be Calvinism in any of its forms. The 'saving grace' here is the irony of those who claim to believe in Calvinism....don't, really. They don't like the idea of babies cast into hell any more than I do.
But my own belief is a bit more complicated than 'innnocent children go to heaven." I mean, I believe that...but I also believe firmly that there is a REASON for this earth life for us. there is a real purpose for us being born, using our physical bodies, learning to grow in character. It's an integral part of our eternal lives, and infants (and perhaps fetuses) who die, or are killed, before they can do that learning and growing are missing something extremely important. It is NOT 'mercy' to abort.
My own opinions regarding abortion don't rest on my religious beliefs at all, actually, so I'm going to address this from the base I do get my opinions from: how is it mercy to end a life that otherwise might have had a great, adventurous, productive and enjoyable one? Indeed, it's selfishness personified; it is our JOB to raise our children to be productive, happy people who can take what life hands out and find joy in it anyway; to be glad they were born.
To kill a human because you don't want to do that job? THAT is the purest of sociopathic selfish actions, IMO.
Now if I were to go on my religious beliefs, there's some leeway; MAYBE that spirit has another chance at another body and be born anyway to someone else. Maybe. It's all speculation and I'm not going to go kill someone because of that very 'out of left field' speculation. It's certainly not found in any doctrine of ours.
However, for us, abortion is a matter of the woman, her doctor and her religious leaders: it is decided after a goodly amount of thought and prayer, and the decision is hers, along with the consequences of it. Unless it is a medical emergency and then, of course, the decision is obvious. In fact, my religion is a bit more...understanding...than I am personally. Not much more, but somewhat.