GOP lawmakers often point to the Bible as proof that abortion should be illegal. But Jews read the same texts, and have different interpretations.
When Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed into law in May one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans, she invoked her faith.
Across the country, as a wave of anti-abortion legislation reinvigorates the fight over reproductive rights, Jewish rabbis, activists and women are speaking out in favor of a women’s right to choose, buoyed by their faith. “This is a big deal for us,” Ruttenberg said. “We’re very clear about a woman’s right to choose. And we’re very clear about the separation between church and state.”
In this passage,"gives birth prematurely" could mean the woman miscarries, and the fetus dies. Because there's no expectation that the person who caused the miscarriage is liable for murder, Jewish scholars argue this proves a fetus is not considered a separate person or soul. “There’s a lot of ambiguity about what that need means,” Ruttenberg said. “A psychological need is considered real.”
The move to overturn Roe v. Wade: La. latest to pass an abortion ban. Here's where other key states stand. “While I certainly understand that there are people who disagree with me, in a nation for which religious pluralism is a hallmark, to impose one religious tradition on this is not actually how a democracy functions, it’s how a theocracy functions,” Latz says.
Latz has spent time speaking on women’s rights both from the pulpit and in smaller conversations with his congregation. He says his directness can catch some people off guard. But a rabbi’s job is to teach the Torah, he says, and the Torah itself is “inherently political." Through a friend, Litz connected with a doctor, a man she says told her he was compelled to perform the illegal procedure because he had daughters of his own who were college aged and he wouldn’t want them opting for a dangerous, back-alley operation in hopes of extracting themselves from a desperate situation.
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