The Ruling on the IUD and Contraception, and Whether It Is Considered Abortion

Question:
It revolves around one of the methods of preventing pregnancy. This questioner says: First, fertilization occurs when the egg and the sperm meet at the far end of the fallopian tube. After fertilization, the fertilized egg moves in a group toward the uterus to attach to it, completing its growth and divisions. It is known that the fertilized egg begins to divide into a cluster of cells before it reaches the uterus, and in this case, it is considered a living fetus. He says that in the third stage, the presence of the IUD in the uterus prevents the fertilized and dividing egg from attaching to the uterine wall, causing its death and its expulsion with the menstrual period. The question is: Does the presence of the IUD in this case constitute a type of abortion or not?

Answer:
This is not considered a type of abortion, because abortion means expelling the pregnancy after it has formed, after it has formed from the clot stage to the lump stage to the final stage. As long as it is within the first forty days.
So, expulsion is not called abortion, but preventing pregnancy is forbidden. It is forbidden to use anything that prevents pregnancy except for a dire necessity determined by Muslim doctors. Muslim doctors determine that pregnancy in this woman would lead to her death or to her dying, posing a severe danger. In that case, preventing pregnancy is permissible to avert the harm. If the doctors determine that if this woman becomes pregnant, it will cause her death or a severe illness, or if she becomes pregnant, it will harm the infant who is nursing from her, and there is no other food for the child, then preventing pregnancy is permissible for one of these three reasons. But this is after the doctors’ determination. It is not the case that everyone who wants to prevent pregnancy, or every woman who does not want to become pregnant, does so. No, this is not permissible, because pregnancy is required. So, preventing pregnancy, whether by the ligation mentioned by the questioner or by taking pills that prevent pregnancy, all of this is not permissible except in a case of dire necessity. In a case of dire necessity, such as if the pregnant woman would suffer harm if she became pregnant, confirmed harm, or if she is nursing a child and there is no food for it except her milk, and if she becomes pregnant, the milk stops, harming the nursing child. In this case, preventing pregnancy is permissible, before its formation, before it becomes a spermatic fluid, while it is still a spermatic fluid in the uterus. As for abortion, it means expelling the confirmed, existing pregnancy. Yes. Hmm?