PGD Vs. Abortion: A Deep View on “Authority” and “Necessity” in Cases of Predictable Fetal Abnormality

Seyed Mohammad Azin^1* and Maede Sadat Kia²

¹Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

²Intellectual property law, Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

^*Corresponding Author: Seyed Mohammad Azin, Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran, Tel: 00982122320987, 00989122181846 Email:

Keywords: Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD); Abortion, Authority; Necessity; Fetal abnormality; Haraj; Shii’a Jurisprudence; Fetal Personhood

Introduction