[Avodah] Abortion

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 01:01:14PM -0400, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
: Note that Rav Yitzhak Shor (Resp. Koah Shor #20)...
: After a lengthy analysis, however, he concludes that even according to
: Rambam, the primary justification for permitting abortion is, as Rashi
: says, that the fetus is not a 'nefesh', and Rambam only invokes the
: principle of Rodef to imply that if we can save the mother by merely
: amputating a part or parts of the fetus, as opposed to destroying
: it, then we must do so, just as we are commanded to do in a classic case
: of Rodef...

More than that, the very same Retzichah 1:9 continues by not applying
rodeif once the baby's head emerged. If the child really was a rodeif
WRT retzichah, why does the Rambam shift to "ein dochin nefesh mipenei
nefesh" after birth rather than just being consistent?

I recommend hitting the archive topics from around
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=A#ABORTION
onward and the Mar'eh Meqomos raised there and at RMTorciener's
Hamakor at <http://www.hamakor.org/ishus/abort.htm> (formally on
aishdas.org/hamakor/... correct any links to the new location).

GCT and :-)@@ii!
-Micha

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