مجلة البحوث القانونية و الاقتصادية
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 129-148
2026-01-01

Abortion Between Permissibility And Criminalisation In Islamic Law And Algerian Legislation

Authors : Brahimi Badea .

Abstract

This study interrogates abortion in Sharīʿa and Algerian law, surveying juristic terminology and social ramifications. It highlights grave maternal and public-health risks and threats to lineage, and maps disagreement on the temporal ambit of permissibility, distinguishing pre- and post-ensoulment. It outlines gestational stages and correlative rights, adducing scriptural proofs that safeguard maternal life and foetal life. It also explicates Algerian criminalisation and the necessity-based exception amid contemporary implementation challenges. Methodologically, it integrates classical fiqh hermeneutics with bioethical and medico-legal analysis, advancing calibrated, maqāṣid-grounded policy recommendations.

Keywords

abortion; foetus; permissibility; criminalisation; ensoulment.