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<DIV>"If a Jewish woman donates an egg for IVF to a non-Jewish couple, what
is the <BR>status of the child?"</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=121071412-01052008>In
general these issues seem to be still in flux, especially when you
think about surrogate mothers and cloning and realize we're also asking who (if
there is one) is the halachik father, mother, first born..... The
early halachik sources are very sparse.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=121071412-01052008>BTW is
it well known that R'SZA and R'HS apparently hold that we are not doche shabbat
for a brit of an IVF (or artificial insemination iiuc) baby (and I would
guess pidyon would be without a brachia - all based on a comment by rabbeinu
channanel (iirc) on the ambatya pregnancy case)?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=121071412-01052008>KT<BR>Joel Rich</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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