Replies

that has to be one of the highest abortion rates amongst developed cultures....100,000 live births....50,000 abortions...Here in the US, abortion rights advocates are seriuously represented by Jewish women in the leadership groups...Kate Michelman comes to mind first...is there some tenet or ambiguity in Judaism that permits this?.... I know orthodox Jews loathe abortion.....and there is a Jews For Life outfit filled with some well known names to counter the prevailing wisdom...

Don't know where they got their stats, but per Abortion statistics and other data the numbers are around 144,000 births and 20,000 abortions. Illegal abortions in Israel, like anywhere else, who knows. Not sure I'd consider Kate Michelman representative of Jews, even if by chance she has converted.

16 posted on 01/03/2008 11:41:01 AM PST by SJackson (If 45 million children had lived, they'd be defending America, filling jobs, paying SS-Z. Miller)

To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

High volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel, WOT

..................

18 posted on 01/03/2008 11:45:21 AM PST by SJackson (If 45 million children had lived, they'd be defending America, filling jobs, paying SS-Z. Miller)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794