[Avodah] childbirth as a time of sakana

[Daniel Eidensohn]

T613K at aol.com wrote:
> In Avodah Digest, Vol 25, Issue 337 dated 9/22/2008 R' Daniel 
> Eidensohn quoted R' Moshe Feinstein:
>
>     Igros Moshe (Y.D. 2:74): Concerning inducing premature childbirth.
>
>     "In my humble opinion it is prohibited to induce premature childbirth
>     because childbirth in its natural time in the natural way is not
>     considered a danger at all....  We must
>     conclude that there is absolutely no danger in childbirth at all.
>     That
>     mean that G-d promised that there would never be danger in
>     childbirth.
>
> -------
> In Avodah Digest, Vol 25, Issue 373 dated 11/3/2008 "Chana Luntz" 
> Chana at kolsassoon.org.uk <mailto:Chana at kolsassoon.org.uk> wrote:
>
>
> >>After all, it is completely accepted in the sources that a yoledet hi
> k'chola sheyesh bo sakana (as stated explicitly in Shulchan Aruch Orech
> Chaim siman 329 si'if 1) ...
A possible resolution of the apparent contradiction is the fact that Rav 
Moshe was addresssing the issue of induced labor. He is simply saying 
that induced labor is dangerous relative to natural labor and therefore 
shouldn't be done for the sake of convenience.

Daniel Eidensohn

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