[Avodah] Shapiro Gives Fiery, Unprecedented Assault On Abortion On His Fox News Special

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 12:29:42AM -0400, Toby Katz wrote:
: He has been influenced by Christian (especially Catholic) thinking on
: this subject, and is probably unaware of the Jewish view. Halacha does
: not consider the killing of a fertilized egg to be the same as abortion,
: let alone the same as murder...

This "let alone" undermines his whole thesis.

Few akharonim take the Rambam to mean that abortion is murder, and of
those who do, not all hold like their understanding of the Rambam.

: We Torah Jews have more in common with devout Christians on these
: issues than with secular Jews and gentiles. At least pro-life Christians
: recognize such a thing as morality. But it is a mistake to assume that
: Jewish (Torah) views and Christian views are identical.

Or even to start with the assumption they are similar. It is best to just
look up our views, and then see pragmatically which party to work with.
Rather than identify with either camp and risk assimilating their values.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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