The Ethical Standards of Sunni Muslim Physicians Regarding Fertility Technologies that are Religiously Forbidden

Ya’arit Bokek-Cohen; Limor Dina Gonen; Mahdi Tarabeih

doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01583-9

The Ethical Standards of Sunni Muslim Physicians Regarding Fertility Technologies that are Religiously Forbidden

Ya’arit Bokek-Cohen, Limor Dina Gonen, Mahdi Tarabeih

Department of Economics and Business Administration

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Abstract

This research project is pioneering in that it is the first to provide empirical data regarding the ethical standards of Sunni Muslim physicians toward religiously prohibited reproductive technologies, a topic which is considered taboo in Muslim society. A total of 689 Sunni Muslim physicians rated their acceptance of 14 fertility treatments. They expressed objections to assisted reproductive technologies entailing gender selection, egg, sperm and embryo donation, and surrogacy. The findings show that the Sunni Muslim medical establishment avoids fertility options that are considered in violation of Islamic law, and Sunni Muslim physicians tend to obey religious law.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2876-2904
Number of pages	29
Journal	Journal of Religion and Health
Volume	61
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01583-9
State	Published - Aug 2022

Keywords

Adoption
Egg donation
Embryo donation
Islam
Reproductive donation
Sperm donation
Sunni Muslim Physicians
Surrogacy

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