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01-06-2020 | Letter to Editor
In response to the article titled Thoughts on the Ethics of Gestational Surrogacy: Perspectives from Religions, Western Liberalism, and Comparisons with Adoption Issue Date: January 2020
Authors:
Salma Shabaik, Anita Nelson
Published in:
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
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Issue 6/2020
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article by Dr. Raywat Deonandan on the religious perspectives of gestational surrogacy. The article states that in Islam, the “definition of a firstborn son is particularly important, as he will carry the family name and its honor into the future.” The article then states that an embryo created years in advance of a younger sibling being born naturally begs the question of who the firstborn son is. …