Jews Hold Abortion as Religious Right?

We've heard about this, but didn't believe it.

Now you can believe it.

...Cara Berg Raunick watched with bafflement as Indiana’s Republican legislators took less than two weeks to debate and pass an abortion ban that the governor signed quickly into law.

The women’s health nurse practitioner from Indianapolis was struck by just how frequently faith was cited in the arguments as reason to ban the medical practice. But Berg Raunick, who is Jewish, said those views go against her beliefs.

To her, a pregnant woman’s health and life is paramount, and she disagreed with legislators’ assertions that life begins at conception, calling that a “Christian definition.”

“That is a religious and values-based comment,” said Berg Raunick. “A fetus is potential life, and that is worthy of great respect and is not to be taken lightly, but it does not supersede the life and health of the mother, period.”...

 Her argument is partially specious, which is often the case with Talmudic fussing.  First, she implies that "life of the mother" is always in 'danger,' which as a nurse practitioner, she knows is bulls**t.   Medicine has advanced since Gemara began in Babylon, and genuine 'endangerment' is rare, indeed.

Secondly, Christians--at least, Catholics--have held that preserving the life of the mother IS paramount, which is why Thomas Aquinas mentions "double effect":  while saving the life of the mother, it is possible that the foetus will be killed, but since killing the foetus is NOT the purpose of the operation, it is not 'a wrong'.

Obviously, the thrust here is to insinuate the concept of "potential life" into American jurisprudence.  That assertion is vague enough to satisfy any abortionist's need for revenue.  It's akin to the implicit assertion in the "climate-change" scam--that being that there "is" a perfect climate, and humans can make it so.

The corollary to her 'potential life' argument is the 'useless eater' theory.  Usually applied to humans with disabilities and particularly to pre-born Downs' children, it now includes terminally ill patients and the enfeebled elderly.  Canada masks their homicidal fixation by "assisting suicide."  But of course, all that game-playing rests on the question "Who decides?"   Indeed:  who decides which human is worthless, or "potential"?

The 'interfaith dialog' between Catholic and Jewish officials should be put on pause until this matter is settled.  If abortion is an approved Jewish religious custom under the terms Ms. Berg Raunick states, there's not much to "dialog" about.