Medical Issues: Can Abortion Be Permitted for Genetic Disorders Like Haemophilia Detected Early in Pregnancy?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Medical Issues: Can Abortion Be Permitted for Genetic Disorders Like Haemophilia Detected Early in Pregnancy?
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Question #1258:
Some couples have congenital blood diseases due to having abnormal genes. They could transmit the disease to their offspring and there is a great probability that the children would be severely affected and will suffer much throughout their lives. An example of this is hemophilia in which even slight injury causes sever uncontrollable bleeding which can end in death or paralysis. Considering the fact that it is now possible to diagnose this disease in the fetus during the first few weeks of pregnancy, is it permissible to have an abortion in such cases?
Answer #1258:
Should the diagnosis be definite and if having such a baby and maintaining him/her entails great difficulty and hardship, it is, in this case, permissible to abort the fetus before the soul enters its body. However, it is an obligatory caution to pay its blood money.