I'm a pro-choice atheist Jew, but take what you will from my comment below...
The passage seems to mean injury to the fetus, not the woman. "[S]he gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury" to me seems to mean that it's an actual premature birth, not just a miscarriage. It's possible to cause premature birth by way of agitating the body. In fact, a recent study shows that having sex when you're close to birth can bring on labor.
I could be wrong, but I guess that's why I'm not a Biblical scholar. Or maybe the Bible is vague, and that's why so many loonies can claim to be scholars.
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The passage seems to mean injury to the fetus, not the woman. "[S]he gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury" to me seems to mean that it's an actual premature birth, not just a miscarriage. It's possible to cause premature birth by way of agitating the body. In fact, a recent study shows that having sex when you're close to birth can bring on labor.
I could be wrong, but I guess that's why I'm not a Biblical scholar. Or maybe the Bible is vague, and that's why so many loonies can claim to be scholars.