Is it permissible to abort a five-month-old fetus diagnosed with Hydrops fetalis, a condition that doctors have unanimously agreed will lead to death by the the seventh month at the latest, and aborting it now would spare the mother a C-section and its long-term health consequences?
Aborting a fetus in the fifth month, after the soul has been breathed into it, is not permissible unless its continued presence poses a definite danger to the mother's life. Fetal deformity or the possibility of a Caesarean section delivery does not justify abortion.
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