Friday, June 30, 2023

Religious Freedom Arguments Underpin Wave of Challenges to Abortion Bans - The New York Times

One Kentucky plaintiff, Sarah Baron, a 38-year-old mother of two and a board member of a Louisville synagogue, said, "The Torah teaches us that the fetus does not have the same personhood status as the mother until its first breath." 

Ms. Baron, who belongs to Judaism's conservative denomination, said her age and previous fertility struggles raised risks of pregnancy complications or fetal abnormalities. Under Kentucky's ban, she said, "I would be unable to make that extremely difficult decision of whether to continue carrying a fetus if the pregnancy is causing severe physical or psychological harm to me or the fetus is nonviable." 

"It's not only cruel," she said, "but it represents a situation where Jewish law may require the pregnancy to be terminated."…

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