The Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Muslim World League decided at its twelfth session as follows: If the pregnancy has reached one hundred and twenty days, it may not be aborted even if the medical diagnosis indicates that it is congenital malformation, unless it is proven by the report of a medical committee, of trusted and competent doctors, that the survival of the pregnancy in the mother is a definite danger to the life of the mother, then it may be aborted, whether it is deformed or not, in order to not undergo the greatest of the two harms.
Hence it is allowed one hundred and twenty days before conception, if it is proven and confirmed by the report of a medical committee of trusted specialized doctors – and based on technical examinations, with equipment and means
Aborting a foetus plagued with a fatal disease
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