ONE JEW’S LOOK THROUGH JUDAISM AT ABORTION
Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stood in the way of sinners,
Nor sat in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord
Ps. 1:1, 2
If we obey God’s Law, we increase our chance for happiness. The depression of post-abortion syndrome is very real. It can prevent the parents’ ability to go on with peaceful, healthful success and progress in their lives. Post-abortion syndrome is emotionally paralyzing and crippling to the people who would have been closest to the aborted unborn. Because of its deep emotional damage, it can lead to behavioral, social, and physical problems, which often drag into years. Countless mothers and fathers seek professional counseling for these secondary conditions, but the counselors frequently discover that suffering from an abortion is at the root of the subsequent problems. Even siblings of the aborted babies can be negatively affected.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her,
And happy is every one that holdeth her fast.
Prov. 3:17, 18
If a woman who aborted her child had instead decided to “hold fast” to the Torah’s teaching of “Thou shalt not murder,” she would not have experienced this post-abortion guilt and sorrow. Suffering with that, she cannot experience the fullness of her own life because she has disobeyed the Torah in such a grave way. A woman discovers that deliberate murder of a defenseless, innocent victim is neither pleasant nor peaceful.
Sherry Davison
