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 | | It divides and reproduces, and when implanted into the uterus of a gestational mother, the zygote will grow and develop into a fully formed fetus which will eventually be born from the uterus of its gestational mother. |
 | | It is important to recognize that in the current state of technology, all fertilized eggs -- including cloned ones -- are implanted in a uterus and are carried to term like all normal pregnancies. |
 | | From a halachic perspective, if IVF fulfills the mitzvah of being fruitful or its rabbinic cognate and establishes paternity, then all the remaining ones also logically must, as IVF involves the most activity outside the human body, in that fertilization occurs in a petri dish. |
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