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Knesset committee rejects abortion bill
Roni Sofer
Published: 08.11.10, 14:29
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1. Bravo!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.08.10)
While I am not the world's biggest fan of abortion, I am glad that this bill has not passed muster. And I note for the record -- 22 weeks! Most countries in the world set 24 or 25 weeks as the benchmark. Does Israel have medical capabilities that others do not? Wouldn't surprise me -- we have always been at the forefront of medical innovation and discoveries. But still -- there are (at least to me) credible reasons for not permitting abortion. This bill addresses none of them and, as such, must fail on the facts.
2. Shas MK Nissim Zeev the knesset clown
Avi ,   Israel   (11.08.10)
He also said earthquakes are caused by gay people unfortuently this is the level of mentality of this man who seems to think he is now an authority on womens bodies.
3. THE BILL IS A HUMAN WAY TO KEEP LIFE
SARA HANNA ,   N.Y CITY   (11.08.10)
Who is the judge to make when life come?
4. Proof we need Haridi education reform 20+40 is not 80
Eric ,   Tel Aviv & NY   (11.08.10)
When an MK can claim that 20,000 plus double 20,000 equals 80,000 then there is a problem in the education system in which he was trained.
5. i am against abortion at any stage. its a sin
mira ,   israel   (11.08.10)
6. #3 clearly you are a Xtian the answer is the TALMUD!
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Yes ma'am! The Talmud which was compiled in the 7th Century C.E. (approximately 620 C.E.) contains guidelines and rules for determining the correct conditions to decide when a fetus is a human being and therefore provides the JEWISH guidelines for determining when life begins!
7. #5 you must be a very fortunate woman...
SBA ,   Jerusalem   (11.08.10)
to be able to fill your mouth with such a claim! You must clearly have never met a woman who was raped. Or met a woman who was informed that her fetus is genetically injured and not viable. alternatively you are a Fundamentalist Christian who has come to tell us how to be!
8. Children are Very Precious Gifts from G-D
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (11.08.10)
It is the G-D given responsibility of adults to protect children and babies. I was shocked, stunned and deeply horrified when I first saw the terrifying abortion pictures of cut up defenseless babies whose lives were taken in the most terrible ways. I could not believe that so-called civilized societies would carry out such dreadful acts. I am NOT condemning any woman who has had an abortion. NEVER. So many women and girls have no one to help them. Many are intensely pressured by boyfriends, husbands and parents to abort. Also, most girls don't know what abortions involve. Some women have serious emotional problems after having an abortion and heed help. To every woman who has had an abortion, G-D is merciful, kind and forgiving. Ask His forgiveness. The babies are safe forever now with G-D and the angels.
9. Seculars, like goyim, don't believe in the Ten Commandments
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or Bible, thus killing a fetus is not a problem.
10. don't give in to abortion
alan ,   Israel/USA   (11.08.10)
Israel is worried about the increasing number of Arabs and decreasing Jewish population and being voted into an Arab controlled state in the future. Acccording to estimates 2 to 3 million Jews could be alive now also with their kids if there was no abortion in the last 25 years. Abotion should not be legal. An unwanted child should be at least given for adoption. "Lo, children are the heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." Psalm 127:3. Thank you to the Jewish people because you have given us your Messiah.....the words of God came to your fathers and nations are built upon the foundation God gave you through the Holy Scriptures...thank you and thank God. May the Messiah again have favor on you and the land God gave you. May they that want to divide up the land not succeed. Jewish people
11. #9 shame on you for the gross generalization...
SBA ,   Jerusalem   (11.08.10)
by the same token I could say that all right wing religious law students living in Herzlia and all right wing religious doctors living in the West Bank don't believe in the Ten Commandments or the Bible thus murderering a Prime Minister of the State of Israel or murderering unarmed Muslim worshippers is not a problem! But you know what? I am not going to say that! Instead I'm going to ask you to reconsider your position and state it in a clearer more reasonable manner!
12. Response to #6
John DeLancy ,   Alaska, USA   (11.08.10)
Clearly you are making an assumption. All we know about Sara is that she does not know the answer to the question, and is herself assuming that nobody does. But this is actually the question I was going to ask, because we are guaranteed that the answer exists: What does the Torah say about this? Is there something (preferably succinct as I am a lazy American) that I can point to that says "therefore induced abortion is/is not avera". If it's a transgression then we don't do it, if it's not then we don't worry about it - this is not rocket science, people.
13. Israel has killed more jewish babies then Hitler, IT MUST ST
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14. #13 statistics 2 justify ur claim!
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15. #6-wasting sperm is considered a sin.
mira ,   israel   (11.09.10)
so you dont make sense. a sperm is a baby already.
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