Two prominent Israeli doctors canceled their participating in a conference on fertility and Jewish law organized by a religious medical advocacy group over the apparent exclusion of women speakers from the event.
The event is organized by Pua, an organization offering gynecological and fertility counseling in adherence with Jewish law, or Halakah, and is planned to take place next week in Jerusalem. Pua is a public group that regularly receives state funds.
The conference came under severe criticism on Wednesday, after it became known that organizers informed female gynecological and fertility professionals that they would not be able to speak at the event nor participate in any of its panels.
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