unresolvable problem. There is a movement of men's rights advocates who want to
be able to have paper abortions - the man signs a paper that he wants to abort
the baby during the first three months of pregnancy and is absolved of all
responsibility. Its interesting, but it is NOT equivalent to ending the
pregnancy. The kid is the one who suffers from it.
While I don't what a child to suffer, I do agree with such an initiative. It
stops someone from being forced into something they want no part of. Yes, it
does have it's own issues, but it's better than the alternative.
> Michael, someone recently asked me if religious jews were anti-abortion and I
didn't know. Is your opinion typical?
Probably. The basics of a fetus not being considered 'alive' until it's separate
from the mother is a given. The idea that an abortion is just not a 'Jewish'
thing to have is a given as well. The laws of sexual contact are very exact and
the situations where someone would want an abortion is just not as common in the
Jewish community. If you take away the accidental pregnancies all you have left
are pregnancies due to crime (rape or abuse) and those are the ones where a
question comes up. As the (potential) mother's mental health is as important as
her physical health, an abortion in these cases would be considered. Nothing
public or known, but considered.
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