TY - JOUR T1 - Lineage and the Rights of Cloned Child in the Islamic Jurisprudence T2 - Journal of Reproduction & Infertility JT - Journal of Reproduction & Infertility SP - 183 EP - 193 VL - 13 IS - 4 PY - 2012 SN - 2251-676X L1 - https://www.jri.ir/documents/fullpaper/en/500.pdf L2 - https://www.jri.ir/article/500 UR - https://www.jri.ir/en/currentissue.aspx?id=53 PB - Avicenna Research Institute AU - Moeinifar, Mohaddeseh AU - Azimzadeh Ardebeli, Faezeh AB - Lineage in the Islamic law is one of the most basic human rights each individual inherits from his family. When modern assisted reproductive technologies appeared in recent decades, the issue of lineage and the child’s rights did not encounter serious challenges. But with the advent of these technologies, the issue of the child’s lineage resulting from new technologies has become the center of attention. These technologies have a large share in the field of medicine. A new technique known as cloning has entered the realm of science and technology. Considering the possibility of the widespread use of this technique, the subject of cloned child’s lineage and his/her rights would be one of the major issues related to this subject. In this paper, the authors have examined the various aspects of the subject and the opinions of theologians in this regard in order to present a best solution to this issue. In fact, the fundamental concern in this paper is to figure out the relationship between the cloned child, the cell donor, the egg donor and the owner of the uterus. In this paper, after considering the concepts of the parentage and identical twins’ relationship would be explored and then a detailed analysis of the parental relationship and the Shiite jurisprudence scholars' opinion on these issues would be presented. Finally, the rights of cloned children would be taken into consideration. CY - Tehran, Iran KW - Human Reproductive Cloning KW - Identical twins KW - Lineage KW - Parent-child relationship KW - Relationship KW - Rights LA - English