If the sperm has been obtained from the father and the egg from the mother and the same has been fertilised in the test tube through medical process and the embryo is then placed in the womb of the actual mother, the procedure would be legal and lawful, the Federal Shariat Court declared yesterday.
This process cannot be considered as illegal or against the Injunctions of Holy Quran and Sunnah, the court said in its 22-page ruling, according to Dawn news.
The court said, The reason is that the sperm and the egg belong to the actual father and mother. If the couple agree to go through the prescribed medical procedure then in that case legally no question can be raised in respect of the birth of the child. The child in such a case by all means would be legal and legitimate.
The court, however, made it clear that any other condition for obtaining a test tube baby would be considered un-Islamic.