Birth control and abortion in Islam

Birth control and abortion in Islam

Al-Kawthari, Muhammad Ibn Adam

Santa Barbara, CA: White Thread Press, 2006.

United States of America: Santa Barbara, CA

80 p.

English

20060000

11.1

11.1;1.2;12.3

abortion--[pri];contraception--[pri];family planning--[pri];Islamic ethics--[pri];voluntary sterilization--[pri]

beginning of life;females;fetal development;males;methods;physician's role;population control;rape

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Foreward -- Introduction -- The Purpose of marriage -- Islamic upbringing: an important responsibility -- Children: a source of mercy for the parents -- Birth control in Islamic law -- Irreversible contraception -- Male sterilization (vasectomy) -- Female sterilization (tubal ligation or tubectomy) -- Islamic viewpoint on irreversible contraception -- Sterilization in dire situations -- Reversible contraception -- Coitus interruptus ('azl) -- The rhythm method -- Intra-uterine devices (IUD) -- Condoms -- Diaphragms and caps -- Oral contraceptive pills -- Injections -- Locally acting spermicidal jellies -- Islamic viewpoint on reversible contraception -- The Hanafi school -- The Maliki school -- The Shafii school -- The Hanbali school -- Conclusion from the four schools -- Practicing contraception for fear of poverty -- Contraception out of shame of conceiving a girl -- The fashion of having small families -- Population control -- Two forms of reversible contraception -- The loop -- Emergency contraception (the morning-after pill) -- The Maliki position on the pill and other medicinal methods -- Birth control patches -- Selling contraceptives -- Disadvantages and harms of contraception -- Abortion -- Life is sacred -- The Islamic ruling on abortion -- When does the soul enter the fetus? -- Ruling on abortion after 120 days (four months) -- The Hanafi school -- The Maliki school -- The Shafii school -- The Hanbali school -- The situation of necessity -- Ruling on abortion before 120 days (four months) -- The Hanafi school -- The Maliki school -- The Shafii school -- The Hanbali school -- Conclusion from the four schools -- Abortion in cases of need (prior to 120 Days) -- Those that affect the mother -- Those that affect the unborn child -- Abortion and adultery -- Abortion and rape -- The role of doctors and medical practitioners -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

KBP3124 .A45 2006

Refs., p. 71-74

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