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Is "May I Employ Gene Editing?" a Halakhic Question?

Speaker:: Yair Lichtman
Date:: May 02 2023

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Venue: Cong. KINS (Chicago, IL) Cong. KINS (Chicago, IL)

Halacha:

Contemporary Issues, Science & Medicine

Machshava:

Science & Medicine

Collections: Medical Ethics

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In this Shiur, we explore some of the values which underlie discussions of gene editing, and discuss how Halakha relates to unprecedented realities. We conclude by unpacking a short essay by R' Shlomo Aviner about gene editing fetuses for non-medical purposes.

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