Abortion law: campaign groups and the quest for change.

Increase in IUD expulsions

I read the commentary1 on ‘Abortion law: campaign groups and the quest for change’ in the October 2006 issue of the Journal with interest. In general, it provides a very balanced overview of the different groups seeking change in UK abortion legislation, summarising the concerns of both pro-life and pro-choice organisations. However, in his discussion and conclusions, Dr Vincent Argent ceases t...

I-13: Therapeutic Abortion Law in Iran: Past,Present and Future

s:2987:"Although the definition of abortion is pregnancy loss under 20 weeks of gestational age, in Islamic law, termination pregnancy in any gestational age is considered abortion "SEGHT JANIN". Also only "induced abortion" has legal validity, and other kinds of miscarriage (recurrent, missed,…) have no legal or ethical issue. In Iran, Islam is the base of the law. Article 4 of Iran constituti...

Challenges for Implication of the La-Haraj Rule and Identifying Its Examples in Therapeutic Abortion

Introduction: The first right of the fetus is living. Therefore, the first order of the Sharia is the prohibition of abortion, except in cases, where it is permitted for the sake of prudence. Neither Islam develops the scope of the abortion permission, like some of the laws of the Western countries, that the life of the fetus is an option on their parents’ hands, nor it limits this scope in suc...

Journey through the courts: minors, abortion and the quest for reproductive fairness.

بررسی موارد تأیید و عدم تأیید تقاضای سقط جنین درمانی در مراجعین پزشکی قانونی استان لرستان در سال 1392

Background: Authorizing abortion in some cases of fetal and maternal diseases which was implemented by passing its law in 2005, a major change in therapeutic abortion was performed in Iran,s health system. Although there may be cases of illegal abortion, but our study examined legal abortion of Lorestan province in 2013, which led to increase in awareness of health professionals about indicatio...