Is it permissible for a pregnant woman suffering from schistosomiasis, who took medications harmful to the fetus before knowing about her pregnancy, to take schistosomiasis treatment and abort the fetus, or should she wait until after childbirth?
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It is permissible to terminate a pregnancy if it has not exceeded 40 days, to avert anticipated harm to the fetus or the mother. It is also permissible, according to some scholars, in the second stage of pregnancy (after 40 days and before the ensoulment at 120 days) if there is a legitimate interest or to avert certain harm to the mother, such as cancer treatment. However, abortion out of fear of hardship in raising children or desiring to suffice with a certain number of children is not permissible. Since the questioner is in the early second month, the matter of abortion is broad for her.
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