Abortion Law that Jesus Followed

Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi. Some of the oldest material in the Bible is an account of abortion as a trial by ordeal — The Test for an Unfaithful Wife — Numbers 5:11–31 — The Sotah in the Talmud. Jews knew about and practiced abortion. This is Jewish Law on Abortion. My reference is Judaism 101 created by Tracey Rich.

I am a Roman Catholic. I find Religious History interesting. It is important to know this information because a Synagogue in Florida is suing the State of Florida for violation of Religious Freedom. Breaking News: Jewish Resistance.

Quote: Jewish law not only permits, but in some circumstances requires abortion. Where the mother’s life is in jeopardy because of the unborn child, abortion is mandatory.

An unborn child has the status of “potential human life” until the majority of the body has emerged from the mother. Potential human life is valuable, and may not be terminated casually, but it does not have as much value as a life in existence. The Talmud makes no bones about this: it says quite bluntly that if the fetus threatens the life of the mother, you cut it up within her body and remove it limb by limb if necessary, because its life is not as valuable as hers. But once the greater part of the body has emerged, you cannot take its life to save the mother’s, because you cannot choose between one human life and another…