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Is abortion permissible for a woman in her fifth month of pregnancy who is suffering from a lack of amniotic fluid due to a tear in the membrane, especially with the doctor warning of fetal malformation and the possibility of the pregnancy not going to term, as well as the risk of adhesions or infections in the uterus, or pre-eclampsia?

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The matter of abortion is up to the specialist physician. If it is proven that the continuation of the pregnancy would cause harm to the mother's life, and there is no way to avoid it except through abortion, then there is no objection to it, because preserving the mother's life takes precedence. However, abortion for a lesser harm than that is forbidden and not permissible, and the mere deformity of the fetus is not a legitimate justification for abortion.

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