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RIVKA ISAACS S.A.F.E. PLAN

ABORTION ACCESS

EDUCATION RESOURCES

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JOFA RESOURCES

 

Some faith groups say Roe ruling threatens religious freedom, Los Angeles Times, July 2022

Shaming women who have abortions is not a Jewish ethic, by Daphne Lazar Price, July 2022

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Jofa Statement Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Decision Overturning Reproductive Rights - June 24, 2022

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JOFA Amicus Brief, Supreme Court of the United States, 2021

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JOFA Journal on Reproductive Rights and Maternal Health, Fall 2020

The Politics of Abortion, by Gail Katz
 

What does halakhah say about abortion?, by Noam Stadlan
 

American Orthodox Rabbis: The Complicity of Silence, by Daphne Lazar Price

“My Body; Whose Decision" Panel Discussion, Jewish Broadcasting Service Program Recording, July 2019
 

“Birth Justice and Maternal Health” JOFA Conference session, Moderated by Carmella Abraham, Featuring Paula Eiselt, Dr. Chavi Karkowsky, and Tonya Lewis Lee, March 2021

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Prior Statements, 2019

 

RECORDINGS

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Fl. lawsuit argues Supreme Court abortion decision violates Jewish beliefs, Interview with Daphne Lazar Price, NPR Weekend Edition, July 2022

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“How Jews Talk About Abortion,” Identity/Crisis Podcast, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

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“Abortion in Jewish Law, and Roe v. Wade in Jewish Public Discourse,” Shiur by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder, on Jewish Coffeehouse’s Orthodox Conundrum podcast

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“It’s Not About Abortion, It’s About Abortion Law,” with Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll and Anne Gordon, on Chochmat Nashim podcast

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Discussion of the documentary “Aftershock,” on maternal mortality and medical gaslighting, featuring film co-directors Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt on the Tamron Hall Show

 

Abortion Not in the Abstract: Orthodox Women Share Their Stories, Jewish Coffeehouse Orthodox Conundrum Podcast

 

"In The News: Roe v. Wade Overturning & Jewish Law," Segment Featuring Teisha Bader Interviewing Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Jewish Broadcasting Service, July 7, 2022

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"Lessons My Patients Taught Me" Podcast: The State of Infertility Treatment Today: A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Weinerman, Episode 21, July 23, 2002

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Chutzpod Podcast, "Roe Overturned," Featuring Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Rabbi Annie Lewis, and George Newbern, July 2022

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ARTICLES

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The Abortion Stories We Didn't Tell, by Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine, June 2022

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My Abortion Story, by Karen Feuer, Times of Israel Blog, June 2022

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Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade. Many Orthodox women are panicking., by Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, June 2022

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The Intersection of Halakhah and Science in Medical Ethics: The Approach of Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg, by Alan Jotkowitz, Hakirah, the Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought, vol. 19, 2015

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‘My dark secret’: Orthodox women reveal their abortion stories, by Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, The Forward, August 2018

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