June 14, 2019 “He shall give the bitter … waters to the woman to drink” Nasso  5:14

Even the most rigorous Orthodox Jewish organizations will permit abortion under certain extreme circumstances and virtually all other Jewish organizations have condemned the recent Alabama diktat.  Most also condemn other attacks on Women’s rights to make decisions about their own bodies and on women’s health organizations. It is a canard to describe pro-choice advocates as “pro-abortion” because nobody really is. The Right has arrogantly reduced this merely to a political issue. Judaism clearly holds the mother’s health as controlling in these difficult decisions and Judaism’s compassion and respect for pregnant women and concern for their health is truly “Pro-Life”.