Excuse me -- I don't mean to be rude, but could we pipe
down on this thread?  Last night I downloaded 127 messages,
much of which was bickering about this, which had started to turn
ugly. My time on the computer is limited and spending an hour
wading through this was frustrating and painful.

It would be helpful if personal conversations were handled privately.
What do the rest of you think? And yes, I do realize that my alternative
is to leave the list--    JMW

On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 02:23:59 EDT Dina Dror <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> I believe that Judaism doesn't allow for abortion in rape and other
> cases
> unless the mother's life is in danger. I don't remember what the
> final answer
> is on when a life begins. However, there are specific laws involved
> and each
> and every individual case is different in terms of how to deal with
> this
> issue.
>
> If someone is pregnant and spontaneously loses the "fetus" within a
> certain
> period of time, then the law is different from when it happens later
> on in
> the pregnancy in determining various issues such as a "first born"
> or etc. A
> Rabbi has to be consulted in every single case since the final
> answer can be
> different depending on the circumstances.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Dina

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