Childbearing & Fertility

What are the Talmud’s views about non-naturally occurring births or conceptions? The Talmud is quite familiar with births that don’t occur naturally — Caesarian sections, for example. (The Talmudic term is “yotze dofen” — “coming out through the [abdominal] wall”;…

What does Jewish Law say about egg donation? Rabbinical views differ on the legal implications of using a donor egg. Assuming that the process is permissible, most authorities would probably agree that a non-Jewish egg is preferable, but opinions differ…