Washington Post, Aug. 6th 2019

This retired doctor spends her time performing abortions and circumcisions. She says her Jewish faith leads her to do both.

Sara Imershein, 65, steps in to feed Jennifer Schiller, left, and Jonathan Goldstein’s infant son, Noah, a pacifying syringe’s worth of sugar water when he began to fuss during the bris procedure at their home in Washington on July 21. Imershein, a retired obstetrician-gynecologist, obtained a medical degree from Emory University and underwent religious training to become a “mohelet,” the Hebrew word for a woman who performs circumcisions. (Michelle Hanks/The Washington Post)

Since retiring from her D.C.-based obstetrics-gynecology practice in 2015, Imershein has spent her time this way: performing first-trimester abortions and ritual circumcisions, known in Hebrew as brit milahs. She believes both practices achieve the same goal: allowing women to create the families they want. Given that, she said, her Jewish faith compels her to offer the two services to Washington-area residents.

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