Time for Texan Muslim women to sue their state for violation of their religious rights to abortion, or at least an exemption based on religious beliefs that permit abortion on various grounds. And yes, there are NUMEROUS fiqh positions on the subject. For some those grounds are
just as narrow as the Texan law. And for some those grounds are as wide as permitting it for any reason before 40 days and permitted after the 40 day mark to preserve the pregnant person's life. Lots of positions on the matter.
Amazing that because people are comparing Texan govt to taliban (you've seen the memes & tweets), the usually fiqh-thumping-anti-abortion-misogynists are now touting abortion permissibility in many schools of thought/fatwas as a way to point out political liberals' islamophobia.
Meanwhile they too have been highly influenced by evangelical arguments against abortion. And love to send hate to faithful Muslim women who are trying to support other women through abortion experiences.
Support *each* other, that is—because Muslim women do indeed have abortions for various reasons.
Salaam everyone. If you're a Muslim woman who has had an abortion, I would honor the chance to interview you anonymously for the Gender in Islamic Medical Ethics Project. Please DM me for a judgement free conversation. Correspondence & convo will be completely private/anonymous.
I have written on the inadequacies of fiqh as a discourse to address abortion in islam in a recent article in the Journal of Religious Ethics called "Authority and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics of of Women's Reproductive Health." This article and all my Islamic medical
ethics research Muslim women's experiences. I'm happy to send the article to anyone who doesn't have access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
*120 days. I was pandemic exhausted when I wrote this thread.
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