Infertility is a social onus for women in Iran, who are expected to produce children early
within marriage. With its estimated 1.5 million infertile couples, Iran is the only Muslim …

Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), including in vitro fertilization to overcome
infertility, are now widely available across the Middle East. Islamic fatwa s emerging from the …

Since the birth in 1978 of Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, assisted
reproductive technologies (ARTs) have spread around the globe, reaching countries far from …

Since the late 1990s, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have been legitimized in
Iran through an official religious endorsement. Iran, under the dominant authority of the Shia …

During recent decades, new assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have improved
significantly, but their ethical, social, psychological, religious and legal aspects are blurred …

How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well
as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical …

Since the 19th century the Iranian state has been concerned with the size of its population,
and policies directed to its increase or decrease have been closely involved with the …

Background: Islam acknowledges that infertility is a significant hardship. Attempts to cure
infertility are not only permissible, but also encouraged in Islam. Over the last three decades …

Medical anthropological research on science, biotechnology, and religion has focused on
the “local moral worlds” of men and women as they make difficult decisions regarding their …

The article examines religious and legal restrictions on third-party reproductive assistance in
three Mediterranean countries: Sunni Egypt, Catholic Italy and multisectarian Lebanon. In …