What does Jewish law say about abortion?
Like most questions of halacha, it depends on who you ask.
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Opinion Jewish women are on the frontlines of the fight for abortion rights. We can’t give up hope now
If the leaked SCOTUS ruling stands, in less than 60 days, women will become second-class citizens of this country. We must fight back, writes the CEO of Jewish Women International
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Opinion What Jewish law really says about abortion
The religious Jewish community cannot justify staying on the sidelines of the abortion debate, writes a Hasidic health care researcher.test
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News Jewish leaders pledge ‘fight’ on abortion following Supreme Court report
With the Supreme Court's conservative majority reportedly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, many Jewish groups readied to combat the decision
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Opinion The leaked Roe v. Wade decision is a win for religious fervor
The anti-abortion views are rooted in a specific Christian belief that life begins at conception and that abortion, therefore, is murder. Jews don’t believe that.
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Fast Forward Kentucky Republican’s anti-abortion speech links Jewish scientists to Nazi killing methods
(JTA) — Jewish women mate for life. Jewish scientists invented the gas that Hitler used to kill them — and the abortion pill, and that might make them the same thing. Which is why Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. Or something. Kentucky state Rep. Danny Bentley, a Republican, floated all these canards in…
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Opinion ‘I made the choice’: 9 readers share their (Jewish) abortion stories
The response to the column I wrote about my abortion story was unlike anything I’ve experienced in more than 30 years of journalism. Messages poured in via email and text, on Twitter and on Facebook, from people I’ve known forever and many I’ve never met. One woman I volunteer with at the food pantry just…
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News My abortion story — because it’s true and we should not be afraid to talk about it
This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. I’ve been pregnant twice. I’ve had two abortions. And I have two healthy, wondrous children who recently turned 14. I used to frame my…
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