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I’m not completely sure what tzedaka you are reffering to, i’ll assume you mean things like govt subsidized healthcare or welfare. Different measures are judged by different benchmarks
Otherwise I could say I don’t get it you claim you want limited government people should be free to own guns, but all of a sudden you wont the government to control what goes on in people’s bodies, and then you have the nerve to call yourself “pro-life” ?!. (This is directed to strawman conservative not you per se, and i’m not actually asking that question I can come up with differences)
I’ll explain my approach I believe in the government intervening to make all our lives better. This means individuals have to give up certain rights at times for the benefit of society* Otherwise If there is no impediment placed on others, people should be free to do as they please**
as a caveat to the above, my main concern is my community
Thus tzedaka, (ie healthcare welfare etc ) I believe society as a whole is better off if we provide a safety net to those in need. I believe we will all be better off if we spend less and get better healthcare than we currently do (whether single payer healthcare would actually provide that isnt really my point right now). This is especially true in my community where many rely on this tzedaka
As for abortion, goyim are my secondary concern, they may be doing something immoral that is for the Ribono she olam to figure out. see ** below
that said if there was a legal way to have Rabbonim evaluate each case that would be my ideal. however, this isnt doable. and a “medical exemption” wouldnt cut it. Thus keep government out of it let woman decide, on their own (ie with their rav) are some going to make the wrong decision ? without doubt but the benefits of letting thr individual decide outweigh those wrong choices
*(this isnt as controversial as it sounds, I assume most of us agree that we should all stop at a red light even if you pinky swear that you are an excellent driver and can time your way through an intersection safely
** This doesn’t necessarily make the person’s action correct. there are acts that I think are immoral but if all parties involved agree, the government has no business intervening