While some have celebrated justices’ decision striking down Roe v. Wade as a win for religious freedom, some religious Jews say prohibitions on abortion violate their religious beliefs. Interpretations vary across Judaism , but some religious Jews believe that a fetus is part of the parent’s body and that a baby is only considered a person once it takes its first breath. According to the Women’s Rabbinic Network, some of the religion’s most sacred texts — the Torah, the Mishnah and the Talmud — view a fetus as a soul only once it’s born. “Therefore, forcing someone to carry a...
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