Judaism and Abortion

Infanticide: The New Abortion

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 05.06.2012

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Rabbi Adam Jacobs

The abortion question is unique in its ability to generate two utterly disparate conceptions of the same act. Is it a procedure or is it the wholesale megadeath of the other?

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Gender Selection And Abortion: Making An Ethical Decision

Rabbi David A. Teutsch | Posted 10.14.2011

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Rabbi David A. Teutsch

While Jewish ethics does not consider a fetus to have the same moral worth as a living human being, a fetus nonetheless does have real moral worth and ought not be interfered with unless the reasons to do so are morally substantial.

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Crisis Pregnancy Group Reflects Jewish Divide On Abortion

Posted 08.15.2011

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By Debra Rubin Religion News Service SILVER SPRING, Md. (RNS) Saraleah was 19 and a part-time student when she discovered she was pregnant. She di...

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