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Some Thoughts on Murder
Mar. 31st, 2006 02:00 pmI just read a very moving article about one woman's participation in the Haven Coalition (linked from Feministe), and then the comments to that article, and one of them kinda jumped out at me:
Dear Rabbi's Wife,
Encouraging women to have abortions is NOT a mitzvah. Unless the mother's life is in danger or the foetus is seriously deformed, abortion is murder.
Posted by David G. Singer on 03.30.06
I don't really want to go into what I feel to be true about the morality of abortion. I don't know how many of my readers share my political views, but I do know that most of you are here more for odd little stories about my daily life, rather than polemics on highly controversial topics. Of course, my thoughts about things like abortion are part of my daily life... So I'm trying to strike a balance with a post like this one - I don't want to say too much, but I also don't want to say too little. Both actions would be offensive, in one way or another.
With all of that as a lead-up, now I'm going to talk about why statements like Mr. Singer's drive me absolutely up the wall. If contemplating this makes you uncomfortable, you may not want to click the cut.
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Dear Rabbi's Wife,
Encouraging women to have abortions is NOT a mitzvah. Unless the mother's life is in danger or the foetus is seriously deformed, abortion is murder.
Posted by David G. Singer on 03.30.06
I don't really want to go into what I feel to be true about the morality of abortion. I don't know how many of my readers share my political views, but I do know that most of you are here more for odd little stories about my daily life, rather than polemics on highly controversial topics. Of course, my thoughts about things like abortion are part of my daily life... So I'm trying to strike a balance with a post like this one - I don't want to say too much, but I also don't want to say too little. Both actions would be offensive, in one way or another.
With all of that as a lead-up, now I'm going to talk about why statements like Mr. Singer's drive me absolutely up the wall. If contemplating this makes you uncomfortable, you may not want to click the cut.
( Read more... )
