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253: THE HALACHIC
CONCERNS IN USING
DONOR SPERM
FOR ARTIFICIAL
I N S E M I N AT I O N

ɳ Question

1. Does a married woman who was inseminated with the sperm of
a donor become forbidden to her husband? Will the child be a
mamzer?

2. May a married woman be inseminated with sperm from a Jewish
donor or from a gentile?

3. Must a woman obtain her husband’s permission for artificial in-
semination?
Dr. …..

ɳ Response to Question One

We shall first clarify whether it is an act of intercourse with a stranger
that renders a married woman forbidden to her husband, or whether
becoming impregnated from the sperm of a stranger even without
intercourse, suffices. The same question can be asked in regard to the
resulting child: is it only his parents’ act of forbidden of intercourse
that renders the child a mamzer or does the mix resulting from his

36 1 Medical-Halachic Responsa of Rav Zilberstein