Posted on 06/28/2022 6:52:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A lawsuit filed on June 10 by a synagogue in Florida has challenged plans to limit abortions in the state on the grounds that it would violate religious rights and therefore be unconstitutional. The Jewish faith holds the right to an abortion to be inviolable.
The Florida bill is set to lower the maximum threshold for abortions from 24 weeks down to 15 weeks from July 1, with exceptions in instances where the medical procedure could save the life or prevent serious injury to the mother. It offers no exceptions for victims of incest, rape or human trafficking.
But these restrictions would infringe upon Jewish women’s right to abortion as guaranteed by their faith and are thus incompatible with the Florida constitution’s right to privacy and religious freedom, says the lawsuit, which was brought by Rabbi Barry Silver on behalf of the roughly 150 members of Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor in Palm Beach County.
“If a foetus poses a threat to the health or emotional well-being of its mother, at any stage of gestation up until birth, Jewish law not only entitles but requires the mother to abort the pregnancy and protect herself,” the suit argues.
Broadly speaking, Jewish law stipulates that life begins at birth and that until that point the mother’s life is prioritised. “So, in order to protect the health of the pregnant person, abortion is permissible and sometimes mandated,” said Samira Mehta, associate professor of women and gender as well as Jewish studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The definition of what counts as a health threat varies between Jewish communities, with the congregation of L’Dor Va-Dor in Florida at the liberal end of the spectrum. But, Mehta said, there is agreement on the principle that abortion is a right.
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Nonsense.
Perhaps some religious establishments ought to control the laws of the country ... unless, of course, the Constitution contains language that goes against this concept. Maybe the Supreme Court should weigh in.
sounds like a reasonable argument......
however doesn’t the Islamic faith call for/permit killing their daughters if they’re raped?
can’t see that being allowed due to religious freedom....
“So, in order to protect the health of the pregnant person,
Liberals sure are big on this gender neutral language. We can’t say pregnant woman, because it allegedly offends someone, to suggest that someone who is pregnant is a woman.
I don't believe that to be true but if it is the Jews are on the wrong side.
Consider the source:
Psy-ops. Seeding acrimony.
Muslims can have four wives. What about that?
In some places they throw faggots off buildings…
I’m going to sue my insurance company for not removing a female clitoris.
Maybe Ilhan Omar will join me…
Do you think maybe these nitwits would figure it out at that point?
Possible template? Barry Silver isn’t that talented.
The Bible does not support abortion in any way. Any argument, stating it does, comes from a spirit of religion and not God.
Please show me that in the Torah or Old Testament.
Nope.
Won’t work with our current Supreme Court.
They’re too focused on actually doing their job the correct way.
Nonsense.
"In Judaism, views on abortion draw primarily upon the legal and ethical teachings of the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the case-by-case decisions of responsa, and other rabbinic literature. While all major Jewish religious movements allow (or even encourage) abortion in order to save the life or health of a pregnant woman, authorities differ on when and whether it is permitted in other cases."
Is abortion a matter of Faith among liberal Jewish New Yorkers with winter homes in Palm Beach? Probably.
Still trying to enforce their pov via the judicial branch instead of the legislative branch.
Wonder why?
“can’t see that being allowed due to religious freedom....”
Well, it’s what the constitution says. And it takes precedence over federal and state laws.
The founders were a bit too broad in their protection of “religious beliefs and EXERCISE THEREOF”.
As you say, if a religion believes in the ritual of sacrificing virgins to their God, according to the constitution they can’t be stopped, and any laws that would do that is obviously unconstitutional.
I’m curious, is there anything in the constitution that forbids murder, or are those just state and federal laws?
What if one follows the Aztec religion? Isn’t it within one’s rights to raid a neighboring village and cut the residents’ hearts out so the rains will come?
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