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Medicine and the Body
Tue, December 15, 10:15 to 11:45am, Sheraton Boston, Hampton A/BSession Submission Type: Panel Session
Abstract
Panel covers issues in theory in practice of applying Halachah to the difficult issues of purity laws and pre-natal sex selection
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Individual Presentations
Assisted Decision Making: Practice vs. Algorithm in Psak Halachah and Medicine - Zackary Berger, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Theological Constructions of the Female Person in Contemporary Discourse on Purity - Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University
The Anti-Vaccine Movement in Contemporary Judaism - Joshua Cypess, Brandeis University
Orthodox by Design: Religiously Motivated Prenatal Sex Selection in Israel - Sarah Werren, University of Basel