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Question : #214

Category: Women's Issues

Subject:	abortion for a pregnant with AIDS
Question:	What is the ruling on abortion for a pregnant woman who is infected with AIDS?
Answer:	It is not permissible, more so after the soul has entered the feotus. Of course, if continuation of the pregnancy poses a danger to the mother, it is permissible for her to abort it before the entering of the soul in the feotus, but not after it.

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