Q. A woman on her third month of pregnancy developed cancer (lo aleinu), she refuses to be given chemo or radiation treatment, since it can harm the baby she carries. Is that halachically correct? Should she be advised to accept treatment and save her life?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that in principle she may refuse the treatment, as it does not warrant or assure a cure for her. However, such life threatening situations usually contain many variables and details that should be carefully examined, both by the competent rabbinical and the medical authorities familiar with the case in concert, before reaching a decision.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a