Heather, Joseph, Catholics and Jews are against abortions but for different reasons that lead to different positions. Catholic believe the fetus gets a soul at conception but cannot go to heaven if not baptized.. If I’m not mistaken, however, a Jewish baby has to live 30 dates to be considered an “official” baby. So, take the case where a woman is having a difficult pregnancy. According to every medical opinion, either the mother or the fetus can survive, but not both. The Catholics would choose the fetus over the mother in all cases as the mother was already baptized, while the fetus had not been. For Jews, however, poseks have ruled that because the fetus is not official, it can be aborted to save the mother’s life
