Gender Assignment: A Delicate Matter

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Publication: Derech Hateva Volume 16

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Derech HaTeva is a publication of the undergraduate students of Stern College for Women. Editors in Chief: Kate Rosenblatt, Rose Snyder, Helen Unger

The proper halachic response to bearing a child of uncertain gender is equally unclear. Until recently, a common practice in the medical field has been to immediately assign a specific gender, usually female, to the child after birth and then perform the appropriate surgery that follows that assignment.

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