Comments on: Abortion http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/abortion/ southern david's rambling ruminations on armstrongism & life Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:36:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ben http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/abortion/#comment-19 Ben Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:14:42 +0000 http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-19 You be the judge. Abortion on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX7goxsip6Y&feature=related You be the judge. Abortion on YouTube.

]]> By: southerndavid http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/abortion/#comment-16 southerndavid Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:38:13 +0000 http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-16 BTW, I forgot to put this into my abortion entry above. The couple mentioned had a bouncing baby boy about two years later. They were very happy. BTW, I forgot to put this into my abortion entry above. The couple mentioned had a bouncing baby boy about two years later. They were very happy.

]]> By: southerndavid http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/abortion/#comment-15 southerndavid Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:35:59 +0000 http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-15 Passing By, welcome to DUH! Looks like you made a good link. Thanks, for posting the Jewish views on abortion. I have looked at some of their beliefs a few years back. I find it interesting how people view different topics. Passing By, welcome to DUH! Looks like you made a good link. Thanks, for posting the Jewish views on abortion. I have looked at some of their beliefs a few years back. I find it interesting how people view different topics.

]]> By: passing by http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/abortion/#comment-14 passing by Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:14:20 +0000 http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-14 Link to the article above. Sorry, I don't know how to make fancy links. http://www.religioustolerance.org/jud_abor.htm Link to the article above. Sorry, I don’t know how to make fancy links.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/jud_abor.htm

]]> By: passing by http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/abortion/#comment-13 passing by Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:10:37 +0000 http://southerndavid.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-13 <i>"Rashi, the great 12th century commentator on the Bible and Talmud, states clearly of the fetus 'lav nefesh hu--it is not a person.' The Talmud contains the expression 'ubar yerech imo--the fetus is as the thigh of its mother,' i.e., the fetus is deemed to be part and parcel of the pregnant woman's body." 1 This is grounded in Exodus 21:22. That biblical passage outlines the Mosaic law in a case where a man is responsible for causing a woman's miscarriage, which kills the fetus If the woman survives, then the perpetrator has to pay a fine to the woman's husband. If the woman dies, then the perpetrator is also killed. <b>This indicates that the fetus has value, but does not have the status of a person.</b>"</i> “Rashi, the great 12th century commentator on the Bible and Talmud, states clearly of the fetus ‘lav nefesh hu–it is not a person.’ The Talmud contains the expression ‘ubar yerech imo–the fetus is as the thigh of its mother,’ i.e., the fetus is deemed to be part and parcel of the pregnant woman’s body.” 1 This is grounded in Exodus 21:22. That biblical passage outlines the Mosaic law in a case where a man is responsible for causing a woman’s miscarriage, which kills the fetus If the woman survives, then the perpetrator has to pay a fine to the woman’s husband. If the woman dies, then the perpetrator is also killed. This indicates that the fetus has value, but does not have the status of a person.“

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