Therapeutic Abortion: A Critical Examination into the Monopoly of the Mother's Satisfaction in the Absolute Abolition of Abortion Guarantees (A Critique and Proposal to the Legal Effect of the Father's Permission in the Single Article of Therapeutic Abortion)

The legislator stipulates in the single article on therapeutic abortion that if a maternal illness or fetal illness occurs, therapeutic abortion will be possible with the approval of three specialist doctors and the mother's permission. However, the legal statement "abortion ... is permitted with the consent of the woman and the punishment and responsibility will not be on the attending physician" shows that only the permission of the mother for therapeutic abortion can relieve the responsibility of the abortion Diya (blood money) from the attending physician. However, the mentioned legislation is facing jurisprudential and legal conflicts since the permission of therapeutic abortion along with the irresponsibility of guaranteeing diya in Imamiyah jurisprudence is limited to the assumption of the mother's illness and saving the mother's life, not the assumption of the fetus's disease. In addition, according to the note of Article 718 of the Islamic Penal Code, the failure to prove the diya in a therapeutic abortion is subject to abortion for the mother's illness or saving the mother's life. However, "fetal disease" is recognized in the single article of therapeutic abortion is one of the abortion licenses, along with the irresponsibility of the attending physician. The present study uses a descriptive-analytical method to prove that the mother's consent in the case of "fetal disease" is not sufficient for the physician's irresponsibility to have an abortion and the irresponsibility of fetus's diya for the attending physician, also requires the permission of the fetus's father.