Islamic tradition and medically assisted reproduction
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1Istituto per l'Oriente, C.A. Nallino, Rome, Italy. dario_atico@iol.it
Abstract:
Sunni Islam has no supreme legal authority and disagreement by doctors of Islamic law over all issues not clarified by Islamic law is physiological. This is the case with Medically Assisted Reproduction: after an initially critical attitude, tolerance, limited exclusively to homologous practices, is spreading, whilst recourse to heterologous practices is considered on a par with adultery or fornication and is therefore prohibited. 'Unnatural' reproduction techniques are not generally deemed capable of violating divine will.
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