Fetal Civil Rights in the Family System

The rights of the fetus or child in the womb as a potential human being have delicate subtleties that are hidden from the eyes of families because of inattention and their unseen place in the womb. The result of neglecting these rights and not supporting the fetus that grows in the private environment of the family is the violation of his right and intentional abortions that we observe in many societies today. At first, it may be asked whether the fetus in the mother's womb also has rights. Findings show that the protection of human rights begins from the time of fertilization (not from birth), and in Islam a fetus as a human being enjoys various material and spiritual rights, such as security and health, the right to life, the right to name, the right of inheritance and making a will, the right of endowment and giving a gift even though endowment and giving a gift are independent. Using descriptive-analytical method, the present research is done based on library resources focusing on the Imāmi jurisprudence sources.