What is the ruling on abortion for a pregnant woman who is infected with AIDS?

Question: What is the ruling on abortion for a pregnant woman who is infected with AIDS?

Answer: It is not permissible, only if continuation of the pregnancy poses a considerable harm to the health mother, it is permissible for her to abort it before the entering of the soul in the feotus, but not after it.

Ayatollah Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani

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