What is the ruling on anesthetizing non-medical abortion cases, while disliking it in the heart due to the inability to change the room or have prior knowledge of the case?
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If abortion or a man treating a woman is forbidden, then anesthesia to assist in that is not permissible, because it is aiding in sin. However, if both matters are permissible, then there is no harm in anesthesia.
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