Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"[...] In a case of life and death, where a complex decision needs to be made, who do you trust more to make a decision as to whether your situation is life threatening enough to warrant an abortion:

"A rabbi who shares your religion, your community, your values, deeply knowledgeable in your tradition, knows you, knows your particular situation, knows any extenuating circumstances, and knows how to be flexible in application if necessary?

"Or three Christian dudes on a committee, all of whom think abortion is mamesh murder, all of whom got their job through political connections and patronage, who very likely wanted this job specifically to deny as many applicants as possible, filling out a checklist

"Don't send the American political system to do halakha's job, particularly on pikuach nefesh"

-- Rabbi Akiva Weisinger (MisfitTorah), 2022-05-04

["Pikuach nefesh" -- the principle that preserving a human life trumps nearly every other rule of Judaism (in context: including preventing harm to the living person carrying a fetus (which is considered potential life IIUC)).]