Incredible. An Orthodox website and so many commenters in favor of abortion!!! [Not to mention the disrespect in relating to HaGaon HaRav Bleich who has faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar more Torah on his little pinky toe than his detractors have in their whole body].
Jewish Pro-Deathers love to point out that there are poskim who permit abortions [the Tzitz Eliezer who permits abortion of Tay-sachs babies until the seventh month is a favorite - disregarding the fact that Rav Moshe considered even such a case murder. So just ספק רציחה....]. That is of course correct.
But we must remember that according to many poskim a married woman may willingly have relations with a man other than her husband - adultery!!! That of course is in the rare case where such an act would save all of the Jewish people [or possibly a large number of Jews].
One is also allowed to steal - if that would save one's life [and return the money afterwards].
One is also allowed [obligated!!!] to hug a married woman wearing a bathing suit - if she is drowning and one is trying to save her life.
One is allowed to transgress an aveirah in the place of כבוד הבריות [see Brachos 19].
The common denominator of all these cases is that they are all exceptions to the rule.
Abortion is murder or pseudo murder according to virtually ALL sources. It can NEVER be permitted en masse. It can be permitted if the mother's life is in danger or other extenuating circumstances. But that doesn't change the basic principal.
Did these people first formulate their view and then look at the sources to find a basis to justify it or did they objectively first look at the Torah and only then formulate their view?? Do they properly know the sources at all? Because the sources are very clear and unequivocal as for as the basic rule is concerned [especially for Bnei Noach and ליכא מידעם דלישראל שרי ולעובד כוכבים אסור . Except for that very difficult Tosfos in Niddah 44 that is not paskened li-halacha for various reasons].
According to the World Health Organization, roughly 73 million induced abortions occur worldwide each year. Over 12 times the number of Holocaust victims!! At that rate, in six years [the duration of the Holocaust] 438 million!!!! The common denominator - Both the victims of the Holocaust and fetuses were innocent victims of people in power who used their power to kill all the while justifying themselves. ["My body - my choice"].
