avram
“I’m not a doctor.”
This was YOUR quote : “have never heard any doctor say that it’s ok for a pregnant woman to go 26 hours without water”
you said that in response to my comment “for a healthy woman with a normal pregnancy there is (generally) no medical reason not to fast , worst case she goes into pre-term labor. no big deal”
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“nope, not my response at all.” It certainly was here.”
“No, I’m not confusing anything.”
you are. My position is quite simple. The government should not enforce religion, at the same time they should allow woman who have a heter to have an abortion.
I really don’t get how that is an “an artificial distinction ” or a “double standard”
I gave my response in the very next sentence. See above .
your last paragraph is confusing. IF there was a law banning eruvim I would oppose it, I’m not sure wh yyou think otherwise.
“Laws impact our religious observance all the time, and inasmuch as they foster public welfare, don’t create undue burdens, and aren’t unfairly targeting religious groups”
that’s a lot of ifs.
“Yet suddenly you get all bothered by this when it comes to abortion”
I’m not bothered at all. I said from the get go, if a law could be passed that a woman who felt she needed an abortion had to have rabbinic approval I could get behind that. This was in my very first (or early) posts on the subject.
your one good point was regarding recalcitrant husbands.
That’s a good one it deserves its own response.