Abortion!!!

[Young_Dave]

What is the attitude of Islam towards the issue of abortion?since Women have full control over their bodies can they abort any time they wish.?

[Enemy_Of_Mad_Mullah]

1) Abortion could be allowed for a lady's health sake, and that too when properly suggested by some responsible specialist/physician.

(2) Under normal health conditions, and particularly when the foetus is developed enough (that specialists consider it a live body), abortion amounts to deliberate killing and therefore, not allowed.

(3) Abortion or even prevention of conception for fear of economic hardships, is the negation of the basic article of Islamic faith that God is sole Provider and Sustainer of every living soul. That being the reason, the act will be un-Islamic.

(4) Seeking abortion for no "good" reason at all, and saying that the "mother" or "father" just does not want that baby - is inhuman and cruel thinking. No sane person would allow that.

(5) If even the conception is the result of extra-marital union or forced rape, abortion is not allowed, because the (innocent) baby to be, has the right to life, that can not be denied. The biological parents - both or either one - or else the society/state is responsible to take care of such "un-wanted" or illegal births.

Authentic specialist (medical) opinion can be obtained to ascertain if there was any serious danger to mother and child, and that there was really no other way to save the mother’s life, but through abortion. That seems only one condition, where abortion could be considered, again under the guidance of some learned scholar of Islamic Law. I am personally so scared about this issue of “abortion at demand”, that I generally flatly refuse to subscribe to the idea. The reason is that women (and at time husband as well) demand abortion for petty reasons, that only reflect inhuman anti-natalist mood. I am almost sure that in over-whelming cases the demand emanates from social taboos, the base-less economic fears, for not wanting to have a she baby and by way of fashion that has come along with the western concept of individuals’ rights and worldview. In a traditional Islamic society where alien culture is yet not dominant, the demand for abortion, or desire for a small family and the like, are still at the minimum level. Probably those areas provide genuine cases, where consideration was possible.

[Under Taker.]

anyone who even considers abortion is just evil, seriously. i cant imagine killing my baby.

[Nabeela]

No one is allowed to take or stop the life of anyone else except by way of justice or according to Islamic law. The fetus is the creation of Allah and it has full human rights, it has the right to live and to be protected. So it is a crime to have an abortion. Nobody, even the mother has the right to get rid of it...Unless its presence threatens the life of the mother. In that case Islam allows abortion within these limits only.

“since Women have full control over their bodies can they abort any time they wish.?”

This is the logic of modem materialistic way of life. Get your head out of the gutter.

[kambuli]

Young Dave,

Women have the biggest choice if they want not to have a child. Just cross your legs. Labdeeda lugood dhexdooda haka adkaato. Very simple. But no, do not kill innocent babies...

[Gacalisa]

Yeah since you have total control over you body, why dont you just go commit zina all the time?

also why not show it, and not cover up, not cover your hair?

why pray, since its your body and dont want to do all that bending?

Also why not give that poor embryo to the gaalos so they can use it for stem cell projects, and form colones?