(Jewish Group) Under pressure, Jewish federation network announces opposition to abortion ruling

Nearly one month after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the Jewish Federations of North America said Wednesday that it disagrees with the decision, belatedly joining legions of other Jewish nonprofits.

The statement came after pressure from a member of Congress and feminist activists, and in response to inquiries from the Forward about the group’s silence on the issue since a draft of the ruling ending the constitutional right to abortion was published on May 3.

“Like the majority of the Jewish community, we disagree with the Dobbs decision and are concerned about the risks it poses to women and girls,” said Eric Fingerhut, head of the group, the umbrella network for more than 100 local federations across the country and a leading Jewish policy voice in Washington.

The organization, known as JFNA, had come under fire from longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chicago Democrat, during its May policy conference in Washington, a week after the leak of the draft majority opinion in the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Abortion was not on the conference’s advocacy agenda.

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About damn time!