مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري -

چكيده لاتين :

Background: A family traditionally consisted of a married man, his wife, and their children. The new reproductive technologies including use of the third party as egg, sperm and embryo donati on and also surrogacy have changed the traditional meanings of lineage , ance stry and family. The increasing number of lesbian s and gays in addit ion to single women requesting fertility treatm ent from IVF centers in the world has brought a debate: "Can fert ility treatm ent be offered to single persons or homo sexuals?" According to ASRM and ESHRE taskforces, there is no such limitation, but as legislations and law, also ethic al and soc ial considerations depending on the culture, believes and religion of societies must be considered as limitations in some contexts like Iran. Materials and Methods: In this study we review the Iran law and also some Islamic resources about offering the fertility treatm ent to single mothers or homosexuals. Results: Homosexuality is not accepted in Islamic contexts and is considered as a crime. Children should have a family with both mother and father, unless they lose one of them or both. In the latter situation Islamic court will hand over the custody of the child to someone else like uncle or grandfather. Conclusion: We concluded that according to Islam and Iranיs law, fertilit y treatment cannot be offered to single mothers and homosexuals mostly because of welfare of the child.