Romney believes that the government should prohibit abortion except in cases of rape, incest or when the mother’s life is at stake. Who would get to decide whether the mother’s life is in danger? The government of course. So their policy would take the power to decide away from the mother (who if she’s frum will decide based on what her rabbi says) and gives it to the government. The policy would interfere with the practice of Judaism by giving government, not the rabbis, the power to decide when abortion is appropriate. I’m sympathetic to the pro-lifers and detest abortion myself, but doesn’t Romney’s policy interfere with our freedom of religion? The ultimate decision should be up to the rabbi, not some bureaucrat.
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