I don't do one thing to the MT except translate it, and the sense of it is plain. (Odd you make this contentless jape, then quote the verse as speaking of "fruit" which, as far as I know, no manuscript or ancient version supports.) The passage speaks of a premature birth cause by injury. The man who causes the injury is punishable to the extent of the damage he causes, whether he hurts mother or child. Don't most mothers have teeth?
You want to be known as favoring butchering living children, that is yours to carry before God.
But stop lying about the Bible. It is univocal. Human life begins in the womb, was protected by God's law, should be protected by human law.
Dan
Liar. And silly too. (Ooooo. Your ears hot? I know self-appointed "scholars" hate to be called "silly"!)
It's the same silly tactic used by Democrats when they claimed the Republicans wanted to "starve children" and "kill the elderly".
Hey, if you want to claim the Bible only exists in perfect form in "the originals" (which don't even exist!), and therefore only the elite Greek and Hebrew "scholars" such as yourself have access to real truth, and the laity must come to scholars such as yourself as final arbiters and final authorities regarding what the scriptures actually say on any given subject, and completely disregard Psalm 12: 6 & 7, and want to feel that anyone who dares disagree with a scholar based on what the Bible that God gave them says is impudent, that is yours to carry before God.