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To: matthew fuller
It's impossible to believe in murdering unborn babies and the Ten Commandments at the same time.

There are religious Jews who would argue that point as the baby has never taken its first breath so the 6th commandment doesn't apply to abortion. Some of them, like Michael Medved, even claim to be orthodox and political conservatives.

34 posted on 04/08/2012 1:31:30 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Newt says, "A nominee that depresses turnout won't beat Barack Obama.")
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To: newzjunkey

http://www.aish.com/ci/sam/48954946.html

...As a general rule, abortion in Judaism is permitted only if there is a direct threat to the life of the mother by carrying the fetus to term or through the act of childbirth.

In such a circumstance, the baby is considered tantamount to a rodef, a pursuer after the mother with the intent to kill her. Nevertheless, as explained in the Mishna, if it would be possible to save the mother by maiming the fetus, such as by amputating a limb, abortion would be forbidden.

Despite the classification of the fetus as a pursuer, once the baby’s head or most of its body has been delivered, the baby’s life is considered equal to the mother’s, and we may not choose one life over another, because it is considered as though they are both pursuing each other.


36 posted on 04/08/2012 1:43:18 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: newzjunkey

Jews do not profess to believe in the divinity of Jesus, they consider him just a prophet. I’m not familiar with Medved, can’t comment on him.


38 posted on 04/08/2012 1:45:08 PM PDT by matthew fuller (The Magic Mormon is now in position to re-elect the Magic Negro.)
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To: newzjunkey
There are religious Jews who would argue that point as the baby has never taken its first breath so the 6th commandment doesn't apply to abortion.

There are some Jews that would rejoice if Iran nuked Israel, don't make them right.

55 posted on 04/08/2012 5:57:26 PM PDT by itsahoot (Tag lines are a waste of bandwidth, as are most of my comments.)
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