SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA
viewed as a human being with its own soul, there is no objection to its use for medical experimentation. This has been the general view expressed by some traditional authorities(Noda Biyehudah 11 Yoreh Deah#209; Eliezer Waldenberg , 7zitz Eliezer, X,#25, Chapt. 8).
We should mention one additional negative argument which might be raised, i.c., not benefiting from the dead(asur behana-ah). This, however, is not involved in our case, as this referred only to a deceased "person," a status which the fetus has not attained(Shulhan Arukh Yoreh Deah 364.1). The experimentation, which this scientist intends to conduct is, therefore, in keeping with Jewish tradition as well as with our interpretation of it.