Is There a Unique Jewish Bioethics of Human Reproduction?

Abstract

I thought of that quotation when I was asked to address the topic, Is There a Unique Jewish Bioethics of Human Reproduction? My general answer would be that, in some ways there is. Jewish bioethics on this topic is in some ways like all other religious ethical approaches, in some ways like some other approaches, and in some ways like no other approach. Comparing Jewish bioethics with the bioethics of other faith traditions is a complex matter. There are many differences as well as similarities among Jewish bioethical approaches to reproductive technologies. Also, many similarities as well as differences may be found in comparing Jewish approaches as a group with those of other traditions. Having said this, I believe that there are some distinctive (though on the whole not unique) characteristics that tend to establish a family