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Is it permissible to abort a fetus at 16 weeks if medical tests show it has a 25% chance of being afflicted with a hereditary disease?

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It is permissible to abort a fetus if its continued presence poses a danger to the mother's life. However, aborting it due to fetal illness or malformation is not permissible after the pregnancy has reached 120 days, unless a reliable medical committee report confirms that the continuation of the pregnancy poses a definite danger to the mother's life. There is no objection to carrying a pregnancy with the possibility of the fetus contracting a disease, but it is not permissible to abort a sick fetus after the soul has been breathed into it.

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