Rabbi Meyer Stambler

"The Torah sanctifies life, which means we cannot take lightly the taking of the life of a fetus, who holds the potential of decades of human life," Stambler said in a statement.  Aborting a fetus, if not performed to save the mother's life, could be tantamount to murder - a view, he said, that "has been the position of the rabbis of Poland throughout history and is the position of anyone who cares about the authentic Jewish tradition."