Hello Jun & James,
I knew when I hesitated to post in this thread there was a reason and I regret my initial post here. Not what was written but for getting into an discussion where there is no possibility to change peoples opinion and beliefs.
Let me reiterate. I am against abortions accept under certain conditions that I believe most agree with.
James, one of the reasons I didn't want to get involved was cos I knew some would start using scriptures and forget that there are exceptions to every rule regardless of the scriptures.
According to Jewish law (halachah) a fetus is a human being from inception and according to the halachah abortion is not allowed. Yet there are instances when it is, specifically health reasons both physical and mental of the pregnant woman and in some instances of the fetus (Tye Sachs [sp?] for example). When the life of the mother is in danger abortion is allowed but if the child is brought to term and the minute the head of the child exits the womb the birth has to be completed since then you're choosing between one living human being and another and that is not allowed. Partial birth abortions are a travesty that must be stopped.
That said abortion is still not genocide and once again I'll paste the definition of genocide. Murder as I said earlier is definitely bad enough but genocide is something that is going on as you well know in different parts of the world today and as repugnant as abortion is it can't be compared to the destruction of ethnic groups, religious groups and race.
gen·o·cide (noun)
murder of an entire ethnic
group
The systematic killing of all
the people from a national
ethnic, or religious group, or
race
Jim, the argument whether an unborn child is a citizen or not is moot and the connection between abortions and illegal immigrants is tenuous. But if you wish to believe that I have no problem and it's definitely not a point of disagreement.
I wonder if the foreign Doctors also stay in the USA instead of returning to their homelands is for the same reason? They are definitely not illegals.
Shalom,
Peter
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