Fruit of the Womb: Aritificial Reproductive Technologies & Jewish Law
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Tecimologies & Jewish Law
Miryam Z Wahrman, Ph.D.*
I. BE FRUITFUL AND M ULTIPLY ....................................................................... 109
A. The Ancient Commandment to Reproduce ................................... 110
B. Modern Concepts and Practice .................................................... 112
1. IV F and IC SI ........................................................................... 112
2. Jew ish Perspectives ................................................................. 113
II. O F EGGS AND EM BRYOS .............................................................................. 114
A. Disposition of Extra Eggs and Embryos ....................................... 114
1. Use of Extra Embryos by the Original Couple to Establish
Future Pregnancies ................................................................. 115
2. The Destruction of Extra Embryos or Their Use in
R esearch ................................................................................. 1 15
3. The Extra Embryos can be Donated to Another
Infertile C ouple ....................................................................... 119
B. Meticulous Supervision of lVF Labs ............................................ 119
C. Donor Eggs: Who's the Mother? ................................................. 121
III. M ALE INFERTILITY ..................................................................................... 125
A. The H andling of Sperm ................................................................. 127
B. Overcoming Male Sterility: The Science of ICSI .......................... 128
C. The E thics of ICSI ........................................................................ 130
D. Artificial Insemination in Jewish Law .......................................... 131
E. Paternity with Donor Sperm: Who's the Father? ......................... 133
IV . C ON CLU SION .............................................................................................. 136
I. BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY
The tenets of Judaic law,' or halakha, govern decisions, acts, and
practices of observant Jews in their daily lives, from birth to death. Halakha
Professor of Biology, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, N.J. 07470.
1. Jewish law, or halakha, is based on the major Jewish texts, which include the Tanach [Old
Testament, Five Books of Moses], or Written Law, and its commentaries, the Talmud [Mishnah and
Gemara], or Oral Law, and its commentaries, and layer upon layer of rabbinic responses to
questions arising in the Talmud, and questions arising from day-to-day situations and events. The
evolution of halakha spans three thousand five hundred years, from Moses to modem rabbinic
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