use of PGD to guarantee a fifth child's gender
Can a couple with four children of one gender use PGD to guarantee a fifth child of the opposite gender?
My mother, who died of ovarian cancer, was found to be a carrier of a specific genetic mutation that greatly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in women. I am a man, and I have 2 daughters. What are the halachic issues involved with having a genetic test at all, and if I am tested and found to carry the mutation, what are the halachic implications of this knowledge, i.e. what can one do or not do with information of this nature?
Thank you
If a female is a carrier of BRAC1 or BRCA2 (mutations that greatly increases the risk of Breast and ovarian cancer), she can reduce the risk by prophylactic mastectomy.
In your case, the probability that your daughters do not carry that mutation is much greater then the probability that they do.
Therefore it is advised not to do the tests before their marriage.
Can a couple with four children of one gender use PGD to guarantee a fifth child of the opposite gender?
אם ביום המקווה – הבחורה מקבלת בשל התרגשות, האם זה מפריע לחתונה? האם חוסר חתימה של הרבנית על אישור טבילה במקווה יוצר בעיה ביום החתונה