What if a woman cuts off her LEG, or her ARM, or any other part of her body?? She would be taken to a MENTAL INSTITUTION!!
I’m just talking about Talmud interpretation. Take it up with the rabbis, not me.
See my #10 or read the entire article.
“From the time of ancient Sages through the Middle Ages until today, it is a Jewish law that a person has no right to inflict damage upon the human body, even upon himself. We are responsible for every part of our body as a Divine gift. Based on this understanding, since the fetus is considered a “limb” of the mother; abortion by choice is forbidden because it is equivalent to hurting one’s self.”
Likely. And if done by a medical practioner, he would be prosecuted. There is a recognized psychiatric disorder, Body integrity dysphoria, relating to people who wish to remove a limb. I'm not aware of any state, or country, one can go to and have a limb removed as treatment. The fact that Judaism considers a fetus the equivalent of a limb in no way diminishes the prohibition of it's destruction, unless to save the life of the mother.