title: Male infertility practice and Orthodox Jewish law.
abstract: The evaluation and management of infertility problems in Orthodox Jewish couples can be made difficult because of restrictions which may be imposed by religious rules. The origins of the religious laws governing semen collection, diagnostic and therapeutic genital surgery, menstruation, and homologous and donor insemination are reviewed. Contemporary rabbinic authorities are quoted; their opinions may serve as guidelines for the patient and urologist dealing with infertility problems.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000628:therapy; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D008598:Menstruation; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012661:Semen