[Avodah] Abortion isn't Murder

[Rabbi Meir G. Rabi]

The Gem Sanhedrin 57 discusses those things prohibited to NJ, all of which
are capital offences.

R Yishmael says it is prohibited for a NJ to kill a foetus and the
source for this is ShoFech Dam HaAdam BaAdam. This is distinct from the
transgression of murder of a human; meaning it is clear that killing a
foetus is not murder. So there is a NEW prohibition killing a foetus,
distinct and separate from the sin of murder. The Passuk is a descriptor
to describe a foetus; it is NOT a definition of what is a human.

Best,
Meir G. Rabi