Jurisprudential Study of Using an Alternative Womb

Author

A researcher and M.A degree holder in law

Abstract

Advancement in medical subject in the field of new methods of fertility has brought changes in the process of producing human being. Alongside ability of  using these methods in experimental sciences, new complex questions arise in other  fields of sciences such as psychology, sociology, philosophy, jurisprudence and law. Experts in these fields have to investigate them and have a glance on the effects of using these new methods and evaluate them.
     Based on the jurist’s verdict about permission or prohibition of hiring an alternative womb and their reasoning, it is possible for
Iranian legislators to declare it permissible or forbidden. Hence allowance of employment of an alternative womb is not in contract with Islamic rules provided it does not bring about committing of any other sin. Moreover, if the alternative mother is a single woman who has been temporarily married with the man whose sperm is used for production in her womb, there may be a kind of unanimity of votes among jurisprudents, and the way for legality of this method in law may be pared.
 

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