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Fast Forward Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban
The judge ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing
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Opinion First they came for our abortions, now they’re coming for our embryos
The Southern Baptist Convention's vote condemning IVF is the latest assault on fertility treatment that 1 in 6 Jewish families use
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News Embryos ‘held hostage’: An Alabama court decision panics Jews relying on IVF
Many Jews consider the Alabama Supreme Court ruling a violation of their religious rights
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News Stunning new fertility treatments are being developed. Would rabbis approve?
In-vitro gametogenesis turns skin cells into eggs. The Jewish take on reproductive tech can be surprisingly complicated
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Life Can ‘Kosher’ IVF Help Prevent Fertility Mix-Ups?
When Esther and her husband decided to do fertility treatment, the modern Orthodox couple consulted with their rabbi. “We didn’t think twice about it,” said the New Jersey woman who preferred not to give her full name. She had lost a few pregnancies before starting in vitro fertilization (IVF), the medical process of extracting a…
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News Why She Had To Crowdfund Her Baby, With Help From Bubbe
Amanda Naor has spent her life around children. Early in her career she worked as an infant caregiver. She met her husband, Spenser, while leading a production of “Peter Pan” at a children’s theater in Los Angeles. They took turns playing Smee. But when it came time to have a child of their own, Naor…
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Fast Forward WATCH: How Jailed Palestinians Smuggled Sperm To Their Wives
A new Al Jazeera documentary details how Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails smuggled semen to their wives in the Gaza Strip in order to have children. Over 32 babies were born to wives of imprisoned men through in-vitro fertilization between 2012 and 2015, Al Jazeera reported. Palestinians imprisoned for security violations are not allowed conjugal…
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