<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p align="">"If a Jewish woman donates an egg for IVF to a non-Jewish couple, what is the <br>status of the child?"</p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">I'm certainly no expert on this, but I think some poskim would rule </span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">that the egg alone does not a Jewish child make. Perhaps a physician </span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">could shed light on whether this would fall under consanguine issues </span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">and personal status, etc. It also could be argued that 2 halachically </span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">acceptable witnesses are needed at every stage even if there were </span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">poskim who ruled the child is Jewish. </span></font></p><p align="">K.T.</p><p align="">ri</p><p align=""><br></p><p align=""><br></p></body></html>