The Fetus Rights in Islam

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Hi Wael,


Thanks for everything!


I agree with most of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi's statement :) Truthfully, I have strong reservations about artificial contraception & any form abortion. I will not budge!

The attempt by such zealots to impose their will on others as they threaten women into becoming involuntary incubators is a testament to the weakness of the 'moral' position they would impose on others. Were it valid, persuasion would eliminate their lust for governmental coercion.

You will be happy to know that I would prefer Muslim women populate the world with more Muslims rather than prevent conception from taking place or seeking abortion at any stage :)

Well then you’re in luck. The fact is, Muslim women <i>are</i> populating the world with more Muslims. However, I would proffer the notion that in a world of dwindling resources that is clearly not a net positive for humanity.


Look, let’s be honest, to propagate the realities that so define the Muslim world: violence, hatred, poverty, un-treated disease, ignorance, early death, and of course, leadership toward these goals will do nothing to further humanity. France has a booming (literally), Arab/Muslim population that suffers from revulsion of democratic ideals and principles, is wholly incapable of competing in a relevant, technological world, who blames the West for their inability to prosper and in fact, shuts itself off from its host culture and society while screaming out “Racism”.


France is dying (and her cities are being burned to the ground), while being dragged into the abyss. Hooray for Muslims.

I urge you to talk any woman you know out of having an abortion, under all circumstances (Yes! Including rape - which is a very rare case - less than 1% of abortions performed result from rape! As hard as it is, we need to acknowledge the baby's innocence as well as the miraculous gift of pro-creation).
May Allah open His arms to all the souls that have exited their mother's womb in such an awful way.


God bless.

The extremist nutters on one end of the spectrum mewl that a single fertilized cell is a person and advocate that the State seize control of the womb at that point. On the other end, there are those would have it that personhood is not achieved until birth and the State should have no dominion until then. The vast majority of rational Americans recognize that personhood evolves during gestation as brain waves are first evidenced and independent viability achieved. Thus, we in the U.S. have had the protections of Rowe vs Wade which is a reasonable compromise.


The fact that there cannot be consensus does not dictate that we mindlessly leap to an absolutist proscription. As with most contested matters of adjudication, we are dealing with conflicting recognized rights: a woman to control her womb, a fetus to develop into an individual. Rowe vs Wade has delineated the specifics of such a compromise, recognizing as a superior matter of privacy the right of a woman to control a pregnancy before that zygote/embryo/fetus has become a viable entity, and granting that fetus a protected status once its development has reached a definitive stage. There is always a nebulous area in between that can be contested, but to legislate either one extremist position or the other is not an equitable approach.