Jewish Biomedical Law 

Edited by Daniel B. Sinclair

INTRODUCTION (DANIEL B. SINCLAIR) 

SECTION A: ABORTION 

Feticide: The Position of the Jewish Tradition Compared with the Positions of Other Cultures (MOSHE WEINFELD) 

The Modern Halakhic Debate Concerning the Abortion of a Fetus Suffering from Tay Sachs Disease: Extracts from the Responsa Penal Law, 5737-1977, s.316 

SECTION B: ASSISTED REPRODUCTION 

The Legal Status of a Child Born by Artificial Reproductive Techniques Involving Sperm Donation or Egg Donation (MICHAEL CORINALDI) 

D. Nahmani v. R. Nahmani et al. 

Agreements Relating to the Carrying of Embryos (Approval of the Agreement and the Status of the Offspring) Law, 5756-1996, s.2 

SECTION C: CLONING 

Cloning of Humans: Scientific, Ethical and Jewish Aspects (ABRAHAM STEINBERG) 

Prohibition on Genetic Intervention (Cloning and Germ Line Genetic Therapy) Law, 5759-1999 (amended 5764-2004) 

SECTION D: COERCIVE LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL THERAPY AND PATIENT AUTONOMY 

Yosef Kurtam v. State of Israel 

Patient's Rights Law, 1996, s.15(2) 

The Obligation to Heal and Patient Autonomy in Jewish Law, with Some 

Comparative Reference to the Common Law (DANIEL B. SINCLAIR) 

SECTION E: THE DEFINITION OF DEATH AND CARDIAC TRANSPLANTS 

Belker v. State of Israel 

Determining the Time of Death (A. STEINBERG) 

SECTION F: THE TREATMENT OF THE TERMINALLY ILL 

Yael Shefer (a Minor) by her Mother and Natural Guardian, Talila Shefer v. State of Israel 

The Report and Draft Law of the Committee Concerning the Terminally Ill Patient (Steinberg Committee), 2002 (DANIEL B. SINCLAIR) 

SECTION G: BONE MARROW DONATION 

Donation of Bone Marrow: Halakhic Aspects (Rav NAFTALI BAR ILAN) 

SECTION H: THE SALE OF ORGANS 

The Sale of Organs for Transplantation (Rabbi I.M. LAU) 

ISBN 1-58684-261-7, 2005, Pp. x + 305