Let me explain something about the canard that #Judaism permits #abortion based on the concept of "rodef" or "pursuer."
Forget the fact that third status only applies when an abortion is required to literally save the life of the mother, in medical terms.
That's secondary.>
Forget the fact that third status only applies when an abortion is required to literally save the life of the mother, in medical terms.
That's secondary.>
Again: It is indeed not only permitted, but required, to kill a pursuer to save the life of the pursued.
And we say that a fetus is like a pursuer if, but remaining pregnant, the mother is likely to die.
And why don't we say this about toenails, teeth or tumors? >
And we say that a fetus is like a pursuer if, but remaining pregnant, the mother is likely to die.
And why don't we say this about toenails, teeth or tumors? >
Because we don't have to. Who would think otherwise?
We have to teach this about a fetus, however, not because the Torah classifies a fetus like a tumor (which obviously we can remove) but because it classifies a fetus like a person. >
We have to teach this about a fetus, however, not because the Torah classifies a fetus like a tumor (which obviously we can remove) but because it classifies a fetus like a person. >
And we need guidance regarding whose life - in a one-or-the-other, life or death choice - takes precedence. Because that's *not* obvious.
This is the exact opposite of what the people misleading you about what the Torah says about abortion want you to think. <>
This is the exact opposite of what the people misleading you about what the Torah says about abortion want you to think. <>
* this (not "third")
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