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of a child having two mothers (although we do find the
possibility of two fathers - Sotah 42B according to Tosfos).
Second, if our question would only be on the child we could
conceivably use this principle but our question is on the
mother - who is the mother? - and there are no two causes
on the mother herself.
Despite this, Rav Mendel concludes that the donor of the
mitochondria is not considered a mother at all - the donation
is to be considered like a hormonal insert and no more.
Thus the answer to our questions are that we do not consider
the donor of the mitochondria to be a parent at all, and the
procedure is not only permitted but obligatory.
Rav Osher Weiss shlita in Jerusalem has just written a
Responsa on this issue and argues that
as a matter of caution it is advisable
to convert the child lechumra if
her mitochondrial donor was non-
Jewish. My opinion is that this
is unnecessary and can only lead to
confusion.
“It seems to me
that not only is this
procedure permitted,
it may even be
obligatory in a case
where genetic testing
has revealed faulty
mitochondrial
DNA”
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