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What is the Orthodox perspective on genetic screening for couples who are already married. Is it recommended that one or both parties get tested? Which
the medication Viagra for erectile dysfunction, if a doctor feels the prescription is warranted, are there any halakhic (e.g., kashrus, shabbos) or hashkafic issues that need to be considered?
1. I have never heard of any kashrut problems with Viagra.
2. According to R. Yehoshua Y. Neuwirth (author of Shemirat Shabbat ke-Hilkhata) and R. Shlomo Deichovsky (dayyan in the Supreme Rabbinical Court) there is no halakhic prohibition against medical treatment that enables an impotent patient to function on Shabbat.
Sources: For R. Neuwirth’s opinion see Nishmat Avraham vol. 5 (Heb.), p. 21. For R. Deichovsky’s teshuva see The Proceedings of the First International Colloquium on Medicine, Ethics and Jewish Law (The Schlesinger Institute, 1996), pp. 187-8 (pp. 144-5 in Hebrew edition).
What is the Orthodox perspective on genetic screening for couples who are already married. Is it recommended that one or both parties get tested? Which
אני עושה עבודה בנושא הפלות אשמח מאוד עם תשלחו לי חומר או מקורות מידע בנושא יש לי מספר שאלות ואשמח מאוד עם תענו לי עליהם
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