What is the ruling on abortion to preserve the mother's life?
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Question:
A woman was told that she must abort the fetus in her womb because what is in her womb is harming her, and she might die because of it, or she might never give birth. Is this abortion permissible for her?
Answer:
It is not permissible for her to abort except with a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge based on a reliable medical report. This is what is practiced now: a group of doctors determines that if this pregnancy remains, it poses a danger to the mother's life. At that time, those responsible for issuing fatwas rule that it is permissible. It is not the case that everyone issues a fatwa, and women abort, or a woman aborts according to her own desire, aborting what she does not want and keeping what is not permissible for her to keep. This pregnancy has a right. Yes.
A woman was told that she must abort the fetus in her womb because what is in her womb is harming her, and she might die because of it, or she might never give birth. Is this abortion permissible for her?
Answer:
It is not permissible for her to abort except with a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge based on a reliable medical report. This is what is practiced now: a group of doctors determines that if this pregnancy remains, it poses a danger to the mother's life. At that time, those responsible for issuing fatwas rule that it is permissible. It is not the case that everyone issues a fatwa, and women abort, or a woman aborts according to her own desire, aborting what she does not want and keeping what is not permissible for her to keep. This pregnancy has a right. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الإجهاض للحفاظ على حياة الأم؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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