Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Abortion request to doctor

Igros Moshe (CM II #73.8) Question Concerning those women in present times who are not properly observant because of our many sins who want to have an abort their pregnancy. Answer This is clearly prohibited as violating the prohibition against killing and it is also prohibited for a doctor to even assist not only for Jewish women but also non Jewish women. Because bnei Noach are also prohibited to kill the unborn. In fact the prohibition is more stringent for a ben Noach because this is a capital crime for them and thus it is prohibited to assist them and also violates the prohibition of lifnei ivair One should not assist in any way - even to notify her that it is possible to have an abortion elsewhere even for a non Jew. Even if there is concern that this might cause hatred (aivah). In fact there is not a problem of causing hatred when it is explained that he doesn’t want to assist in killing because even non Jews know that abortion should not be done and many countries prohibit it as murder, Thus a religious doctor can just say that he doesn’t want to be involved in abortion as this is not a curative procedure and even is dangerous to the woman.

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