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I am Jewish. I am liberal on most things, with abortion being a major exception. I am a little familiar with Jewish law but am hardly an expert on Halachah. I do know this. Prior to Roe V. Wade, most Jews I knew (mostly reform, or secular) were none too comfortable discussing abortion. When it was mentioned, it was usually in hushed tones, with a deep sense of shame attached to the subject.

My knowledge of Halacha is that abortion is not OK after "quickening", somewhere around day 40 of gestation.

The reality is that up until recently humans did not readily have access to the means of abortion so this subject was hardly part and parcel of every day life.

I am vehemently opposed to abortion for convenience. I reluctantly accept it for rape, profound brain deformities, and incest. I also accept it to save the life of the mother.

My revulsion of abortion is based on graphic photos I have seen of dismembered bloody fetuses. My negativity is not based on U.S. court rulings nor Jewish law.

Photographs are not propaganda. They bear witness to the truth. Abortion photos should be taken with the seriousness that photos of the holocaust should be taken. These images are not manufactured to manipulate people's emotions. They are the violent and bitter truth.

There are many Supreme Court decisions that I would like to see repealed. One is "Citizens United" which ruled that corporate campaign contributions equal free speech.

I would also like to see the repeal of the 19th century court ruling that ruled that corporations have personhood and the same rights as an individual.

Lastly, I would like to see the overturning of Roe V. Wade, and the banning of abortion for the sake of convenience.

I am a former social worker who did adoption placement in a Catholic Agency. It is a destructive lie that women only have the option of a clean and safe abortion or a dirty back alley abortion, likely to cause infection and possibly death.

Adoption is certainly a viable and desirable option. Adoption is a win-win-win situation. The child gets to live, the mother is not left with guilt and shame, nor forced to raise a child she can't raise and as a major bonus it provides infertile couples the opportunity to enjoy the joys and fulfillment of being parents.

About 2002, I spoke at a Republican meeting and advised candidates to dance around abortion because the majority supported choice. The next night, I was awakened about 2AM by an appx 8ft man wearing a Roman soldiers uniform with a round shield on his chest but no sword or wings who said: "I am Michael. You pride yourself on never having killed anyone but I have just come from the Throne of God to tell you that you killed your own daughter!" He looked to his right and a girl about 12 who looked like my son stepped into view and said: "I love you daddy" and both disappeared. I fell out of bed and cried for about half an hour. I remembered my wife wanted got an IUD about 12 years earlier because she said we can't afford another child and I said OK. Months later she was wailing in the bathroom and there was blood in the toilet. I tried to console her saying we can have a child later and she cried you don't understand. Now I do: embryos are people to Him, abortion is murder, and even consent is guilt.

About 2002, I spoke at a Republican meeting and advised candidates to dance around abortion because the majority supported choice. The next night, I was awakened about 2AM by an appx 8ft man wearing a Roman soldiers uniform with a round shield on his chest but no sword or wings who said: "I am Michael. You pride yourself on never having killed anyone but I have just come from the Throne of God to tell you that you killed your own daughter!" He looked to his right and a girl about 12 who looked like my son stepped into view and said: "I love you daddy" and both disappeared. I fell out of bed and cried for about half an hour. I remembered my wife wanted got an IUD about 12 years earlier because she said we can't afford another child and I said OK. Months later she was wailing in the bathroom and there was blood in the toilet. I tried to console her saying we can have a child later and she cried you don't understand. Now I do: embryos are people to Him, abortion is murder, and even consent is guilt.

About 2002, I spoke at a Republican meeting and advised candidates to dance around abortion because the majority supported choice. The next night, I was awakened about 2AM by an appx 8ft man wearing a Roman soldiers uniform with a round shield on his chest but no sword or wings who said: "I am Michael. You pride yourself on never having killed anyone but I have just come from the Throne of God to tell you that you killed your own daughter!" He looked to his right and a girl about 12 who looked like my son stepped into view and said: "I love you daddy" and both disappeared. I fell out of bed and cried for about half an hour. I remembered my wife wanted got an IUD about 12 years earlier because she said we can't afford another child and I said OK. Months later she was wailing in the bathroom and there was blood in the toilet. I tried to console her saying we can have a child later and she cried you don't understand. Now I do: embryos are people to Him, abortion is murder, and even consent is guilt.

About 2002, I spoke at a Republican meeting and advised candidates to dance around abortion because the majority supported choice. The next night, I was awakened about 2AM by an appx 8ft man wearing a Roman soldiers uniform with a round shield on his chest but no sword or wings who said: "I am Michael. You pride yourself on never having killed anyone but I have just come from the Throne of God to tell you that you killed your own daughter!" He looked to his right and a girl about 12 who looked like my son stepped into view and said: "I love you daddy" and both disappeared. I fell out of bed and cried for about half an hour. I remembered my wife wanted got an IUD about 12 years earlier because she said we can't afford another child and I said OK. Months later she was wailing in the bathroom and there was blood in the toilet. I tried to console her saying we can have a child later and she cried you don't understand. Now I do: embryos are people to Him, abortion is murder, and even consent is guilt.

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There is no "God's Law", there is only Man's law. God doesn't have a voice, doesn't talk to people, doesn't write anything down and no one speaks for God.

The Bible is a collection of letters and short stories that was put together by a conclave of priests, who approved some, disapproved others, until they all agreed on the ones that had the least contradictions between them and that supported the ideas that the priests wanted people to believe.

There's a whole bunch more of those letters and stories that were declared to be apocryphal because they conflict with the ones the priests chose, in one way or another.

All of them, apocryphal or not, were written by men, not by God or at the direction or instruction of God. Not even inspired by God.

To think otherwise is to believe in black cats, walking under ladders, spooks, fairies, elves, evil spirits and things that go bump in the night, and since most of us secretly do, not really being all that far removed from the days of living in caves, we're easy prey for the priests.

To sum up: NO. Abortion is an issue of conscience, and that's why people fight over it. Do women have the right to end their pregnancies, or are men their masters and have the right to deny them control of this aspect of their being? That's what this is about. God has nothing to do with it.

About 2002, I spoke at a Republican meeting and advised candidates to dance around abortion because the majority supported choice. The next night, I was awakened about 2AM by an appx 8ft man wearing a Roman soldiers uniform with a round shield on his chest but no sword or wings who said: "I am Michael. You pride yourself on never having killed anyone but I have just come from the Throne of God to tell you that you killed your own daughter!" He looked to his right and a girl about 12 who looked like my son stepped into view and said: "I love you daddy" and both disappeared. I fell out of bed and cried for about half an hour. I remembered my wife wanted got an IUD about 12 years earlier because she said we can't afford another child and I said OK. Months later she was wailing in the bathroom and there was blood in the toilet. I tried to console her saying we can have a child later and she cried you don't understand. Now I do: embryos are people to Him, abortion is murder, and even consent is guilt.