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    Therapeutic abortion in Islam: contemporary views of Muslim Shiite scholars and effect of recent Iranian legislation
    with K. M. Hedayat and P. Shooshtarizadeh
    Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (11): 652-657. 2006.
    Abortion is forbidden under normal circumstances by nearly all the major world religions. Traditionally, abortion was not deemed permissible by Muslim scholars. Shiite scholars considered it forbidden after implantation of the fertilised ovum. However, Sunni scholars have held various opinions on the matter, but all agreed that after 4 months gestation abortion was not permitted. In addition, classical Islamic scholarship had only considered threats to maternal health as a reason for therapeutic…Read more