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==Abortion==
[[Abortion]]
==Donating Blood==
==Donating Blood==
# It is permissible and a mitzvah to donate blood, as it is used to save lives.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 1)]</ref>
# It is permissible and a mitzvah to donate blood, as it is used to save lives.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 1)]</ref>
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==Heart Transplant==
==Heart Transplant==
# A heart transplant isn't allowed since it is a major dispute if taking a live heart is considered killing the donor.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 10)]</ref>
# A heart transplant isn't allowed since it is a major dispute if taking a live heart is considered killing the donor.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 10)]</ref>


==End of life care==
==End of life care==

Revision as of 17:53, 3 August 2020

Abortion

Abortion

Donating Blood

  1. It is permissible and a mitzvah to donate blood, as it is used to save lives.[1]

Organ Donation

  1. One may donate an organ which without, the donor will have full health with no detrimental effects. [2]

Heart Transplant

  1. A heart transplant isn't allowed since it is a major dispute if taking a live heart is considered killing the donor.[3]


End of life care

Allocation of medical supplies

Sources

  1. Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 1)
  2. See Yachava Daat 3:84, Tzitz Eliezer 9:45, Minchat Yitzchak 5:7. Similarly, Rav Asher Weiss (Aguda Teleconference, April 6, 2020, min 20-22) stated that donating a kidney isn’t risk free but it is minimally dangerous and it is life saving and therefore it is a middat chasidut to do it.
  3. Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 10)