Economic rights of children born from artificial insemination from the point of view of jurisprudence and Islamic law

artificial insemination has been among the challenging legal, medical and ethical issues in the contemporary period. Keeping in mind the opponents of this method of fertility, the supporters of this method from the point of view of jurisprudence and law also consider economic rights for children born from this method, which will be discussed in this research. 

The method of this article is analytical and descriptive and the research tool is library.

Ethical considerations:

 In writing this article, the ethical principles of referencing and quoting sources are of concern to the authors. 

The rights of children born from artificial insemination are reserved in jurisprudence and Islamic law for those who follow the scientific methods and the specificity of the guardian and the owner of the fetus or by respecting the rights of the owner of the womb in the matter of surrogate womb. The most important rights are benefiting from inheritance, meeting economic needs and equality with other citizens. 

Children born from artificial insemination will inherit from him if the owner of the sperm is known. However, if the sperm is from a stranger, the inheritance relationship and the provision of his economic needs are cut off from the owner of the sperm, and the child inherits from the mother, and the provision of his economic needs is the responsibility of the mother.