Many Christian people and even non-religious people are against artificial insemination by donor or husband (AID/AIH). AID is frowned upon because the donor is not the husband, or in the case of embryo/egg donation, the wife. AIH involves masturbation, which is a sin for some Catholics or Protestants. The Catholic Church says that ‘these techniques infringe the Childs right.’ .( Catechism of the catholic church)Eg. To not know a donor is used
Considering all this some religious people see having a baby as a right and encourage artificial means of conception, they think having a baby as a joy to a couple.
In Muslim culture there are many illegal forms or conception due to Shari’ah law, AID, egg donation and adoption are banned, and there are various quotes from the Qur’an forbidding IVF and adoption.
E.g. “Slay not your children…the killing of them is a great sin” Qur’an 17:13, this quote means they believe that life starts in the womb, at conception, and to have an abortion is killing the child.
“The creation of each of you is brought together in your mothers belly”-Hadith, this quote shows that Muslims believe life begins at the time of conception (the egg being fertilized).
In countries that practice Shari’ah law such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria the majority of artificial methods are banned by law and couples need to travel to other countries to have children.
Even non-artificial methods such as egg/embryo donation, adoption and surrogacy are forbidden. Muslims believe that because it is not the mother carrying the child, it is wrong to have the baby. Adoption is strictly forbidden unless you go to other countries as the Muslim prophet, Mohammed, condemns it in his teachings, saying that a child belongs to the biological mother or the surrogate mother.
