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Jewish Bioethics Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish bioethics?

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When Jewish thinkers consider issues like euthanasia, abortion, and organ donation, they articulate diverse positions on the relationship between Jewish law, Jewish ethics, and secular ethics. How much do you know about Jewish bioethics?

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Question 1 of 10
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are
Question 2 of 10
What is the rabbinic position on stem cell research?
Question 3 of 10
Which Jewish tenet overrides all others in the debate regarding whether organ donation should be permissible acccording to Jewish law?
Question 4 of 10
According to Jewish law, is therapeutic genetic engineering and gene manipulation sanctioned?
Question 5 of 10
True or false: Judaism sees the termination of a pregnancy as murder.
Question 6 of 10
Which of these legal and ethical issues are still up for debate among Jewish authorities?
Question 7 of 10
Which of the following biblical characters seems to have requested an assisted suicide?
Question 8 of 10
Which of the following denominations allow organ donation?
Question 9 of 10
According to Jewish law, actively hastening the death of a dying person is akin to what?
Question 10 of 10
In the Talmud, the vital sign distinguishing life and death is
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