Infertility treatment via In -vitro fertilization: a Juristic analysis of unwanted embryo destruction

Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah and Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas and Laluddin, Hayatullah (2019) Infertility treatment via In -vitro fertilization: a Juristic analysis of unwanted embryo destruction. Journal of Religious Studies of the University of Chitral (UOCHJRS), 2 (4). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2616-6496 E-ISSN 2663-0206

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Abstract

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) has emerged as one of the most popular byproduct of Assistant Reproductive Technology (ART) in our time. It has proven attractive to people across the globe for variety of reasons including infertility treatment and pre-natal sex selection. People of various cultures have reacted to its use in line with their own code of morality and religious values on human procreation, sexual purity and lineage exactitude. In the case of Muslims, its application in the overcoming infertility has received general juridical approval with minim number of caveats. A cursory of the existing fatwas, however reveals that the juristic deliberation on the implications of IVF in terms of destroying the excess embryos generated in the process is scanty. Accordingly, this study argues that if we equate legitimate use of IVF with natural way of human reproduction, then the ethicality of its casualties in terms of surplus embryo destruction should not be trivialized.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3049/77971
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Embryo, In Vitro Fertilization, Gap, Juristic Discourse,
Subjects:	K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh > KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh > KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh
Depositing User:	Prof. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2020 09:38
Last Modified:	29 Jan 2020 09:38
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/77971

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