A fine? That's fine.

[pasithea]

So... How come anti-choice whackos never quote this line in Exodus?

21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit
depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely
punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he
shall pay as the judges determine.

I mean that seems to say that an abortion is alright if the woman isn't married or her husband consents, and if it was someone who wanted to keep the pregnancy, then they can press charges and that person has to pay a fine.

I mean this looks like a pretty explicit and surprisingly coherent ruling on abortions.

Do they not mention it because it doesn't say what they want?

I mean it's right there just barely 10 lines after the '10 commandments', which seem to be an arbitrarily chosen set of rules from a larger set of rules.

Also worth noting that when someone kills their slave, servant, wife, etc, the wording is, "And if they do this, they shall surely die." For those keeping score, that's the exact same wording that's used when they're cast out of the Garden of Eden. Since Adam and Eve didn't die immediately, doesn't that imply...

And oh dear! What about THIS rule?

22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

I wonder what that means for the Fred Phelps' of the world.

It was important enough to be said twice.

23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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[kyhwana.livejournal.com]

Which is why they say you should be a virgin when you marry, no sex before marriage, then magically the situation you bring up wouldn't happen!

Although, you have to remember that in those days, most parents (their fathers rather) betrothed/married off their daughters when they were still teenagers/earlier, so an unmarried woman would be pretty rare or uncommon.