An Ethico-Legal Analysis of Artificial Womb Technology and Extracorporeal Gestation Based on Islamic Legal Maxims.

Autor: Muhsin SM; Department of Fiqh and Uṣūl al-Fiqh, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia., Chin AHB; Singapore Fertility and IVF Consultancy Pvt Ltd., Singapore., Padela AI; Department of Emergency Medicine and the Institute for Health & Equity, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The New bioethics : a multidisciplinary journal of biotechnology and the body [New Bioeth] 2024 Mar; Vol. 30 (1), pp. 34-46. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 24.
DOI: 10.1080/20502877.2023.2269638
Abstrakt: Artificial womb technology for extracorporeal gestation of human offspring (ectogenesis or ectogestation) has profound ethical, sociological and religious implications for Muslim communities. In this article we examine the usage of the technology through the lens of Islamic ethico-legal frameworks specifically the legal maxims ( al-Qawaid al-Fiqhiyyah ) and higher objectives of Islamic law ( Maqaṣid al-Shariah ). Our analysis suggests that its application may be contingently permissible ( halal ) in situations of dire need such as sustaining life and development of extremely premature newborns, for advancing fetal medicine and avoiding maternal co-morbidities during fetal treatment, and for enabling motherhood for women without functional wombs, or who face grave medical risks in pregnancy. However, its application may be proscribed ( haram ) for enabling healthy women to avoid pregnancy and childbirth, or to achieve parenthood equity. Specification of these views to particular policy, legal contexts and Fatwa will require multidisciplinary Shariah -based bioethical deliberations between jurists, policymakers, and scientists.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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