[Avodah] Abortion is not Murder

[Zev Sero]

On 20/07/2013 4:51 PM, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi wrote:
> The proof that HaAdam is a descriptor and not a definition is
> compelling from other parts of Shas, AniYim BeMaKom Echod …... they
> have already been elaborated in this discussion. Does anyone suggest
> that a Y who dispatches a foetus is tried by BD as a Rotzeach?

No, but exactly the same is true if the victim is a ben noach.  I put it
to you that their status is exactly the same.  It is a kind of murder
which, if a BY does it, is in the jurisdiction of BD shel maaalah, while
if a BN does it it's in the jurisdiction of BD shel mata.


> Or even before it is 30 days old?

Absolutely.  One second after birth, jurisdiction belongs to BD shel Mata.


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