A Study of the Status Effects of Embryo Donation in Imami Jurisprudence; Based on the Attribution of the Fetus to the Owners of Sperm and Ovum
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023),
27 Khordad 2025
,
Page 177-186
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v9i1.35045
Abstract
Background and Objective: The use of new methods of pregnancy has raised many questions. One of these issues is the situational effects of embryo donation as one of the new methods of childbearing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the status of embryo donation based on the attitude of Imami jurisprudence.
Methods: This research is of analytical-library type. The keywords of fetus, donation, confidentiality and breastfeeding in the Shiite tradition and the expressions of Shiite jurists have been analyzed based on jurisprudential-principled criteria. The author of the article has not reported any conflict of interest.
Results: New problems should not be created for parents to solve the problem of childbearing. Therefore, assuming the attribution of embryos donated to sperm and ovum owners, other topics such as intimacy, marriage sanctity, guardianship and breastfeeding were examined. How this child is a mahram with the recipients of the donation, marriage with the causal mahram, guardianship over this child are issues that are directly related to lineage. . Therefore, because the actual lineage of the child goes to the owners of the sperm and ovum, the intimacy of this child with the recipients of the fetus and the guardianship over this fetus is created by other means such as priority in breastfeeding in order.
Conclusion: After embryo donation, certain rights and duties such as the sanctity of marriage, incest of the child, coercive guardianship of the father and paternal grandfather, etc. are created. These rights are created as a right for the parties under the title of status effects of donation, which is based on how the fetus is assigned to its donors and recipients.
- Embryo donation; Effect; Breastfeeding; Jurisprudence; Imamiyya
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