Impurity for a Kohen from the Placenta
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Question
A woman gave birth to a stillborn, and the placenta remained in her womb. After some time, the placenta was removed. Does the placenta impart corpse impurity?
Answer
The placenta does not impart corpse impurity
Source
Rambam, Laws of Corpse Impurity, Chapter 3, Halacha 12: "The skin that comes opposite a person's face when born, whether alive and the mother is alive, or born dead and the mother is dead, it is pure because it is like excrement or vomit and similar." As explained in Chullin 72.