@ujm Currently in Texas and Oklahoma, any DNC is treated like an abortion. So if a fetus is not viable, or if a woman’s life is in danger, she still has to jump through a lot of hoops to get the medical care she needs.
@aviradearah I agree that by goyim it’s 99% of the time an issue of lack of self control. But there’s still that 1%.
Rav Moshe considered abortion to be similar to retzicha, but I believe he also did not like the so called “Pro Life” movement since he felt that there are instances where halacha compels a women to get an abortion in cases where Xtian activists would not.
Personally I think that the “Pro Lifers” can learn a thing or two from their compatriots in Eretz Yisroel. The frum anti-abortion activists there are focused very little on legislation and 95% of their efforts and money go to making sure that the baby can be born healthy and raised by a healthy family (either biological or adopted).