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Due to our fundamental belief in the sanctity of life and the Jewish value of kavod ha’briyot, respect for human dignity, Reform Judaism holds that abortion is both a medical and spiritual decision that should be made by the individual within whose body the fetus is growing.
Jun 27, 2024 · We urge Congress to codify abortion access by passing bills such as the Women's Health Protection Act and the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act. We will also continue to mobilize Jewish communities across the country to support abortion access ballot measures in the 2024 election through the Reform Movement's Every Voice ...
May 3, 2022 · May 3, 2022 - In response to the leak of an apparently authentic draft Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that would overturn Supreme Court precedent and end the right to an abortion established in Roe v. Wade, Women of Reform Judaism Executive Director Rabbi Marla Feldman, Religious Action Center Director ...
Jun 27, 2024 · The Rabbinical Assembly in 2021 affirmed “the right of a pregnant person to choose an abortion in cases where ‘continuation of a pregnancy might cause severe physical or psychological harm.’” In...
Jun 27, 2024 · Jewish tradition and law sometimes require or justify abortion to protect the mother's health. It claims that the current stringent abortion law in Indiana prevents Reform Jewish women from making reproductive decisions based on their religious beliefs, thus violating their religious freedom.
In 2020, in the face of mounting legal challenges to abortion rights, the National Council of Jewish Women launched Rabbis for Repro to encourage Jewish clergy to become more active on supporting reproductive health access. Orthodox organizations, in contrast, do not support broad legal protections for abortion.
The UAHC reaffirms its strong support for the right of a woman to obtain a legal abortion on the constitutional grounds enunciated by the Supreme Court in its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v.
