Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
ABORTION
Digests of resolutions adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
between 1889 and 1974
1. The Central Conference of American Rabbis considers as religiously valid
and humane
such new legislation that
a) recognizes the preservation of a mother’s emotional health to be as
important as
her physical well-being; and
b) properly considers the danger of anticipated physical or mental damage;
and
c) permits abortion in pregnancies resulting from sexual crime including rape,
statutory
rape, and incest.
We strongly urge the broad liberalization of abortion laws in the various
states,
and call upon our members to work toward this end. (1967, p. 103)