in case of CF gene (CFTR) in both parents- IVF and abortion options for potential conceptions
a married couple have both tested positive for the cystic fibrosis gene, which would mean high chances of having such a baby. In the event
I am a rabbi and I am about to teach a course on Jewish bioethics. I would like to receive a teshuva (or teshuvot) on cloning.
Another question, although completely theoretical: I once heard about a teshuva on brain transplants. I know it may sound a little awkward, but as a theoretical approach it may be very interesting.
Regarding a teshuva on cloning, enclosed please find an article by Professor Avraham Steinberg and Dr. John Loike on cloning. This article will appear in the upcoming issue of our English-language journal of halakha and medicine, Assia-Jewish Medical Ethics (vol. 3, no. 2).
In response to your question about brain transplants, Professor Avraham Steinberg writes:
For now there is a complete moratorium on whole brain transplants. There is universal agreement that such a transplant is unethical because in order to obtain a good brain the donor must be killed, and according to halakha it is forbidden to kill one person in order to save another.
However, brain tissue transplants from miscarried or aborted fetuses—which, so far, have been unsuccessful—are halakhically permissible if they will be useful to the patient—for example, in the case of Parkinson’s disease—provided that the abortion was halakhically valid per se.
a married couple have both tested positive for the cystic fibrosis gene, which would mean high chances of having such a baby. In the event
ערב טוב. שאלתי היא בנושא נידה. אני עורכת מחקר השוואתי לגבי המחזור הנשי, וכיצד חוות אותו נשים דתיות לעומת חילוניות. כלומר האם רואות במחזור משהו