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Rav Akiva Eiger (hagaos to Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De’ah 18:12) says that if someone can only resolve one of the s’feikos of a sfeik s’feika, he is not obligated to do so. Only if he can resolve both s’feikos is he obligated to investigate. Thus, even according to the Rokeach, one need not find out whether the fetus is a male or female since this will not clarify both s’feikos.

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Rabbi Raphael Fuchs
Rabbi Fuchs learned in Yeshivas Toras Moshe, where he became a close talmid of Rav Michel Shurkin, shlit”a. While he was there he received semicha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, shlit”a. He then learned in Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, and became a close talmid of Rav Shmuel Berenbaum, zt”l. Rabbi Fuchs received semicha from the Mirrer Yeshiva as well. After Rav Shmuel’s petira Rabbi Fuchs learned in Bais Hatalmud Kollel for six years. He is currently a Shoel Umaishiv in Yeshivas Beis Meir in Lakewood, and a Torah editor and weekly columnist at The Jewish Press.