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Apr 14, 2021 · In sum, Jewish law requires abortion when the woman’s life or health – physical or mental – is threatened by the pregnancy; Jewish law permits abortion when the risk to the woman’s life or health (again, physical or mental) is greater than that of a normal pregnancy but not so great as to constitute a clear and present danger to her ...
- Elliot N. Dorff
- edorff@aju.edu
- 2021
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade raises questions over whether a complete prohibition on abortion goes against Jewish law and tradition. Get insights from Brandeis University legal scholar Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, who argues that anti-abortion laws may infringe on religious freedoms.
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A few Jewish groups concentrate on abortion issues, both anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights. In the United States, Conservative Judaism , Reconstructionist Judaism and Reform Judaism are usually aligned with the interfaith Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice .
Nov 18, 2021 · The modern anti-abortion movement, after all, arose as a coalition between conservative evangelicals and conservative Catholics. But the Jewish stance is more complex, with roots in the...
While Judaism takes a far less stringent approach to abortion than do many pro-life denominations of Christianity, providing explicit exceptions for threats to a mother’s life and rabbinic support for terminating a pregnancy in a host of other situations, there is nonetheless broad objection to abortion in cases without serious cause.
The Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) has passed teshuvot permitting the abortion of a severely deformed fetus or a fetus with little chance for survival (such as with Tay Sachs), even in the eighth or ninth month, if continuing the pregnancy would cause significant emotional distress to the mother (e.g ...
Jul 31, 2023 · In the 1980s, the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards—the Conservative Movement’s central authority on Jewish law—ruled on abortion’s permissibility based on a justification framework. This framework assumes that abortion is generally prohibited but permitted in certain circumstances.
