Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions
Reproductive medical technology has revolutionised the natural order of human procreation. Accordingly, some have celebrated its advent as a new and liberating determinant of kinship at the global level and advocate it as a right to reproductive healthwhileothershavefrowneduponitasavehiclefor‘guiltl...
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Malayan Law Journal Sdn Bhd
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/1/MLJ_article_2014.pdf |
| Summary: | Reproductive medical technology has revolutionised the natural order of human procreation. Accordingly, some have celebrated its advent as a new and liberating determinant of kinship at the global level and advocate it as a right to reproductive healthwhileothershavefrowneduponitasavehiclefor‘guiltlessexchangeofsexual fluid’andcommodificationofhumangametes.JuristicresponsesintheIslamicfaith rangefromunthinkingadoptiontorestrictiveuse.Whileutilisingthistechnologyto enablemarriedcouplestohavechildrenthroughtheuseoftheirownsexualmaterial is welcome, the use of third party, surrogacy and reproductive cloning are not in keeping with the sacrosanct principles of kinship, procreation through licit sexual intercourseandsocialcohesivenessforbuildingacohesivefamilyasupheldbyIslam. To examine such larger issues emanating from these new ways of human procreation,beyondthequestionoflegality,isapointwhichlegalscholarsinIslam, when issuing religious decrees, have not anticipated sufficiently. The article, henceforth, proposes to be an attempt to that end through a qualitative critical content analysis of selected literature written on the subject.
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