Jewish View on Abortion
The Jewish view on abortion is rational and middle of the road. It takes into account a person’s quest for spiritual greatness, and also the realities of everyday life; these two aspects of a person’s life often come into conflict with one another. Many people aspire to be great spiritually, however, what they face everyday can come into conflict with this aspiration. Many of the decisions that people are forced to make in everyday life can diminish their spirituality, whether conscious or unconscious. In the case of abortion, many women decide to abort an unborn fetus without the proper spiritual guidance and secular counseling, and this choice can destroy their aspirations of spiritual greatness. The Aish rabbi says that a woman has free choice over her body, but that there are limits to this choice. A woman may have free choice over her own body, however, a woman does not have the right to commit murder, which many people deem abortion to be. Jewish law says that a baby becomes a full-fledged human being when the head of the baby emerges from the mother’s womb, however, before this the fetus is considered a partial life. The Aish rabbi says that a person is not permitted to destroy a partial life, and this is exemp
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