To popa bar abba: I appreciate your clever dismissal of my reference to the mitzvah of healthcare (Mitzvah 614 – clever put-down), but you are … what’s the word I am looking for … wrong.
And Joseph assures us that most abortion opponents would allow an abortion to save the life of the mother. That is precisely contrary to the teaching of the world’s biggest Xian church, and contrary to what many evangelical politicians have said. Halacha requires – not just permits – an abortion to save the life of a mother, and no abortion opponents have talked about an exception for religions – like ours – that sometimes require abortions.