Assisted reproduction developments in the Islamic world

A November 2000 workshop organized by the International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, considered use of assisted reproduction technologies (ART) in the Islamic world. The workshop reinforced a 1997 recommendation that a Standing Committee for Shari&#...

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Published in:International journal of gynecology and obstetrics 2001-08, Vol.74 (2), p.187-193
Main Authors: Serour, G.I, Dickens, B.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to services
Animals
Assisted reproduction
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Birth control
Embryo implantation following husband's death
Ethics, Medical
Female
Follicular maturation
Gene therapy
Genetic Therapy
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Islam
Male
Medical sciences
Postmenopausal pregnancy
Pregnancy
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Religion and Medicine
Reproductive cloning
Reproductive Techniques
Stem cell research
Sterility. Assisted procreation
Tropical medicine
Uterine transplantation
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Summary:A November 2000 workshop organized by the International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, considered use of assisted reproduction technologies (ART) in the Islamic world. The workshop reinforced a 1997 recommendation that a Standing Committee for Shari'a Medical Ethics be constituted to monitor and assess developments in ART practice. Among issues the workshop addressed were equitable access to services for infertile couples of modest means, and regulation of standards of equipment and personnel that ART centers should satisfy to gain approval to offer services. Acceptable uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis were proposed, and follicular maturation research in animals, including in vitro maturation and in vitro growth of oocytes, was encouraged, leading to human applications. Embryo implantation following a husband's death, induced postmenopausal pregnancy, uterine transplantation and gene therapy were addressed and human reproductive cloning condemned, but cloning human embryos for stem cell research was considered acceptable.
ISSN:0020-7292
1879-3479
DOI:10.1016/S0020-7292(01)00425-8