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Peace___Frog posted...

How's this for convincing, then.

Jewish law dictates that it is not only a moral right, but an imperative commandment, to allow women to make the choice for abortion or not; and that she engages in no sin regardless of her decision. Rather, the only sinners are those that try to interfere with her decision.

This isn't just the interpretation by progressive reform rabbis, either. Every major Jewish school of thought in the United States has put forth this sort of analysis. To limit the options of reproductive health for women is to infringe upon the rights of all Jewish women.

Don't like this argument; genuine religious believe isn't a license to do anything. If a religion included, say, ritual sacrifice of humans, adherents who did so would have no valid religious defense against prosecution.

I do absolutely disagree that abortion is murder, but even if one believed that to be the case it would still be incorrect to say that pro-choice people "want to murder babies." They want to let women control their own bodies, which, unfortunately, is in conflict with the survival of the fetus. If humans laid eggs, very few people who are pro choice would be pro-people-smashing-fertilized-eggs.

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