Is it permissible to abort a fetus before the ensoulment if medical examinations reveal that it is afflicted with a serious genetic disease that necessitates taking two medications for life, affects growth and appetite, and has future complications such as bone fractures, diabetes, and heart problems?

Scholars have differed on this issue. The preponderant view is the permissibility of abortion before the insufflation of the soul (before 120 days have passed) if it is confirmed by a reliable medical committee report that the fetus has a severe, incurable deformity, and that if born, its life would be one of misery and pain for itself and its family, and this is based on the request of the parents.