Nothing like Sharia: Muslims say their laws on abortion always take the mother into consideration

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When news broke that the Supreme Court was poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, critics on social media, at rallies and on talk shows called Republicans the "American Taliban" and griped that they wanted to bring Sharia, or Islamic law, to the U.S.

“It is a bit amazing. After all these years of the right screaming about the threat of Sharia law, it turns out they were just jealous,” "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah said in one such barb on May 4.

The comparisons are not only offensive but also inaccurate, say Muslims.

Under most interpretations of Islamic law, abortion is permitted within the first 120 days. Today, some American states have tougher abortion laws than Afghanistan, which allows the procedure if the mother's life is at risk or if the child will be born with severe disabilities.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/abortion-bans-sharia-not-even-080209287.html

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. There's no reason to use other cultures to label our terrible one. It's terrible enough on its own.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Well said!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. "But what about Afghanistan?" is no way to win a discussion on women's rights.

Sorry, I just don't buy that Afghanistan is a model for "A woman's right to choose".

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5. It's not, but likewise...

[Tetrachloride]

4. Insufficient truth. Consider this wiki excerpt:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Egypt

In 1998, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, issued a fatwa calling for access to abortion for unmarried women who had been raped. In 2004, he approved a draft bill that would permit abortion in the case of rape; the bill was unsuccessful.[5]

Despite legal restrictions, abortions are common. In a 2000 study of 1,025 women from six villages in Upper Egypt, 416 were found to have had at least one abortion; among this group, there were 265 abortions per 1000 live births.[6] Abortions are carried out by indigenous methods, at clandestine clinics, or at great expense by private gynecologists.[7]

In addition, unsafe abortions are common: a 1998 study found that about 20% of obstetric hospital admissions were for post-abortion treatment. One study estimated that between 1995 and 2000, there were 2,079,216 abortions, and 2,542 maternal deaths due to unsafe abortions.[5]