It's not just that US Supreme Court majorities upheld Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban and overturned Roe v. Wade. The opinion also skewed the crux of the conversation going forward -- with just three words.
It's not just that US Supreme Court majorities upheld Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban and overturned Roe v. Wade. The opinion also skewed the crux of the conversation going forward -- with just three words.
A Texas mom describes what it's like to get an abortion when state laws ban it 04:34More than 50 religious groups sought to make this clear to the high court last year, filing a friend-of-the-court brief explaining religious traditions have various views of when life begins, affirm a woman's"moral right" to decide when to terminate pregnancy and stand by"the importance of ensuring reproductive choice for women in marginalized communities who are disproportionately harmed...
How could the Roe v. Wade reversal impact IVF embryos? 03:44Across all religions, scholars can further diverge when the issues of birth defects, rape, incest and the mother's mental health are at play. Older texts provide little guidance on the latter because sensitivity to mental health is a relatively new concentration in medicine, experts say.Many Jewish scholars see the law as condoning abortion if the mother exhibits suicidal ideation, Eisenberg said.
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