Ethicists Discuss Organ Donation - The Jewish Standard

Rabbis, doctors and lawyers continue discussing the controversial issues of brain death and organ donation in the TorahMusings.com symposium on the ethics of brain death and organ donation. On Sunday, two leading rabbis addressed ethical and legal issues in organ donation and receipt. Rabbi Avi Shafran, Director of Public Affairs of Agudath Israel of America, and Professor Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor at DePaul University College of Law and Co-Director of its Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies, explored the tangle of constitutional and religious issues at the core of donating and receiving an organ.

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