re: #194 Gepetto

not just like an abortion, in which the being is distinctly not guilty of anything. an execution, when based on an accurate conviction, involves a being who is guilty, usually of a hideous crime like dragging someone to death behind a pickup.

Actually… according to Jewish law, there are circumstances in which a fetus *is* considered guilty of something. When a pregnancy poses serious risk to a woman’s health we classify the fetus as “a pursuer,” and the woman be protected. Abortion is required in such cases.

I somehow doubt the advocates of “conscience clauses” would be sympathetic to the demands of the doctor’s religion if it’s a Jewish doctor performing an abortion at 24 weeks in Nebraska.