Is it permissible to abort the fetus in the fourth month if several doctors have diagnosed that it suffers from anencephaly and will not be able to live after birth?
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Aborting the fetus is absolutely impermissible. The prohibition becomes more severe after forty days. It is considered killing a human life after the ensoulment (120 days). Only two cases are exempt from this: an imminent danger to the mother's life, based on a reliable medical report, or the confirmed death of the fetus inside its mother's womb.
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