Rabbis Address Brain Death Issues

Rabbis, doctors and lawyers continue discussing the important issues of brain death and organ donation in an ongoing online symposium. On Wednesday, two leading rabbis published their views on the brain death debate in the TorahMusings.com symposium on the ethics of brain death and organ donation. Rabbi Basil Herring, Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America, commented on the recent controversy regarding organ donation in the Orthodox Jewish community and Rabbi Michael J. Broyde, Professor of Law at Emory Law School and member of the Beth Din of America, issued his own ruling on the complex subject.

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