I applaud your research but I believe your choice of what to include gives a misleading reading of what are sources have to say about abortion. Although it may not technically be classified as "murder" to abort before the head has emerged, the dominant opinion is in Halacha that unless the woman's life is in grave danger or she might commit suicide as a result of giving birth Aborting is prohibited. Also to understand the "rodef" definition of every pregnancy as a moral license to abort "card blanche" is a "twisted" reading of Halacha according to most Halachic sages. Thus this article is an inaccurate picture of normative resonates on the subject.

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