Describe the Treatments Available to help Infertile Couples to have Children.

Most Muslims accept IVF and AIH when couples are having fertility problems because these are simply medicines used to bring about family life which all Muslims are expected to have, the egg and sperm are from the husband and wife and the discarded embryos are not foetuses and their destruction can be justified by the doctrine of double effect however Islamic lawyers don't allow any other type, they have banned all other types of embryos technology because they deny a child's right to know their natural parents and they are very similar to abortion which is banned in Islam.

The Opinions are divided as to whether surrogate motherhood should be allowed in Islam or not because it destroys the special relationship between mother and baby. In Islam, the mother of a child is the woman who gives birth to it and feeds it. It commercializes childbirth if done for money. Difficulties arise if the surrogate mother can't bear to be separated from the baby.

Islam doesn't allowed surrogacy but still has some views on it e.g. the husband of a sterile woman wanted to father a child then, by Islamic law, he is entitled to marry a second (or third or fourth) wife - with the previous wife's permission or he could bring up a nephew. It tampers with the normal processes of nature. It encourages women to use their bodies for commercial again.

Some muslims think that surrogacy is wrong, because in the Quran, Allah says that "To Allah belongs the domination of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He wills (and plans). He bestows (children) male and female according to his Will (and plan). Or He bestows both males and females, and he leaves barren whom He will: for He is full of knowledge and power" which means doctors have no right for surrogacy because it don't concerns on saving life. Whereas I agree that Children are very important in a Muslim family. If a husband can't have children from his wife, he could always marry someone else with his first wife's permissions and have 2 wives but he would have to give them both the same rights. If he thinks he cant he shouldn't take such step. I think every Child is a gift from God so it can be alright to marry again for a child.

Bilal Nasir