Turning to talmudic sources, the Mishnah asserts the following: “If a woman is having difficulty in giving birth [and her life is in danger], one cuts up the fetus within her womb and extracts it limb by limb, because her life takes precedence over that of the fetus. But if the greater part was already born, one may not touch it, for one may not set aside one person’s life for that of another.”
I have a better idea. Why don’t we wheel her into the OR and give her a C-section at the first sign of trouble instead of doing a third trimester ABORTION.
Interesting, Morgana. Do you have a citation for where this is found in the Talmud?