On 26 Jun 2003 11:10:17 -0700 stevejdufour@yahoo.com (Steve Dufour) wrote:

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:>To be sure, the Talmudic sources are clear that the life of a
:>pregnancy-endangered Jewish mother takes precedence over that of her
:>unborn child when there is no way to preserve both lives. And, while
:>the matter is not free from controversy, there are respected rabbinic
:>opinions that allow abortion when the pregnancy seriously jeopardizes
:>the mother's health.

Halacha DEMANDS an abortion in such a case.

It is not optional.

Nobody disagrees with this.

:> But those narrow exceptions certainly do not
:>translate into some unlimited mother's "right" to make whatever
:>"choice" she may see fit about the child she carries.

:>And in the case of "partial birth abortion," the procedure approaches
:>-- in fact, likely crosses -- the border between abortion and
:>infanticide, where Jewish law does not even recognize a "life of the
:>mother" exception.

Incorrect.

Until the baby begins exiting the precedence of the mother applies.

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