re: #339 Alouette
OMG, I’m glad you’re here!
Is this even permissible by halacha?? It’s really freaking me out.
Dead woman’s ova harvested after court okays family request
For the first time in Israel, eggs have been harvested from a dead woman who donated her organs.
Chen Aida Ayash, a 17-year-old resident of the Sharon region, was hit by a car while crossing a street in Kfar Sava about 10 days ago. She died last Wednesday, after a week in Kfar Sava’s Meir Hospital, and her family decided to donate her organs.
Hen Aida AyishThe organs were transplanted into four recipients last Thursday. At the same time, her family obtained an order from the Kfar Sava Magistrate’s Court to allow her eggs to be harvested and frozen.
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