Do the IVF procedure, egg retrieval, and hormone injections break the fast during Ramadan, given that they cannot be postponed?
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If the artificial insemination procedure cannot be delayed beyond the daytime hours of , and it involves the administration of hormones and similar substances, then it is permissible to perform it while she is not fasting, and she must make up that day.
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