THE ARTICLES OF PROFERING SETUSES TO INFERTILE COUPLES: THE PROBLEM OF PARENTAGE

Since the method of artificial insemination was discovered, compatibility or incompatibility of its practice with religious principles has naturally preocupied the minds of legislatures and those versed in religious laws. All other practices which are somehow related to artificial insemination are also not immune from doubts, reservations, and hesitations. In this article, some questions concerning "the articles of profering fetuses to infertile couples" have been posed and "the parentage of the profered fetus" has been discussed. It could be argued that the fetus has a lineage at the time of insemination; therefore, its attribution to the profered couple is problematic.