The moral status of the near-term fetus.

Personhood and Moral Status of The Embryo: It’s Effect on Validity of Surrogacy Contract Revocation according to Shia Jurisprudence Perspective

Objective One of the most controversial issues related to human embryo is to determine the moment when the embryo is considered as a human being and acquires a moral status. Although personhood and moral status are frequently touched upon in medical ethics, they are considered interdisciplinary as concepts shaping the debate in Medical Law (Fiqh) since their consequences are influential in the ...

Cord Blood Lipid Profile in Premature, Near-Term and Term Newborn Infants

Introduction: The fetus needs a considerable amount of cholesterol for the development of tissues and organs.  Studies have suggested that genetic and environmental factors influence the composition of cord blood lipoproteins.  In this study, we aim to assess the effect of gestational age, sex and birth weight on the cord blood lipoproteins. Methods: We collected umbilical cord blood samples fr...

On the moral and legal status of abortion.

1 We will be concerned with both the moral status of abortion, which for our purposes we may define as the act that a woman performs in voluntarily terminating, or allowing another person to terminate, her pregnancy, and the legal status that is appropriate for this act. I will argue that, while it is not possible to produce a satisfactory defense of a woman’s right to obtain an abortion withou...

دیدگاه‌های اسلامی دربارۀ اخلاق در تحقیقات سلول‌های بنیادی

The ethical assessment of research that uses pluripotent stem cells derived from human embryos and aborted fetal tissue gives rise to serious ethica;-legal question concerning embryonic sancitity and the legality of abortion in Islamic tradition. Although the rulings given by Muslim jurists in this regard are ingerentially deduced on the basis of the precedents in the criminology connected with...

Pregnancy, obstetrics and the moral status of the fetus.