[Avodah] Must A Women Subject Herself To A Caesarean Delivery?

[Zev Sero]

On 8/02/2011 6:02 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 05:47:34PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
>> I assume it's not asked because the actual topic is the woman choosing
>> not to get pregnant in the first place, so it's not relevant...
>
> Whether her decision to not have a C Section would risk the hypothetical
> child whose creation is under discussion isn't relevent? It's part of
> the pro vs con that goes into the decision.

It's not relevant, since what (I assume) she's saying is that she
refuses to conceive in the first place because if she should conceive
she'll need a caesarean or risk losing the child.  RSZA says she's right,
and her husband can't expect her to take that risk; RYSE says that's the
deal she agreed to when she got married, just as she accepted the risk
of death in childbirth.   But the third choice, getting pregnant and
then risking the child by delivering naturally, isn't even on the table.

The case where she's already pregnant is a different case, which the NA
throws in as an afterthought, or a sort of footnote, lehodiacha kocho
shel RSZA.  But he doesn't say what RYSE would hold in that case, and
it seems possible to me that he may actually agree.

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