Medical Issues: At Which Stage Before Ensoulment Is Abortion Forbidden in Islam?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Medical Issues: At Which Stage Before Ensoulment Is Abortion Forbidden in Islam?
English:
Question #1257:
Is it permissible to abort a fertilised ovum that has implanted in the uterine wall before it turns into a clot-like structure which normally takes forty days to develop? And in which of the following stages is abortion not allowed, i.e., the embryo implanted in the uterine wall, the clot, the lump of flesh, the bones (before the soul enters the fetus)?
Answer #1257:
It is not permissible to get rid of the fertilised ovum after it settles in the uterus, nor is it permissible to abort the fetus at any of the later stages.