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- Sterilizing a man or animal is Biblically forbidden. [1] Sterilizing a woman is also forbidden.[2]
- Using a medicine to sterilize a man or animal is forbidden.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Vayikra 22:24, S”A EH 5:11
- ↑ Rambam Isurei Biyah 16:11, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:11. Gra EH 5:25 implies it is biblical without malkot. Perisha 5:30 explains that the reason it is forbidden to sterilize women is because they won’t be able to populate the world (lo tohu l’shevet yetzara) which also applies to women.
- ↑ Gemara Shabbat 110b, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:12
