Human Embryo Experimentation
Human Embryo Experimentation | Early Human Embryos Are Not Human Beings
Helga Kuhse is an associate professor in bioethics at Monash University in Clayton, Australia. Peter Singer is the DeCamp Professor of the Princeton University Center for Human Values. Kuhse and Singer are the editors of the book Embryo Experimentation, from which this excerpt is taken.
Summary: The major objections to early embryo human experimentation are problematic. One objection is that a newly fertilized egg is genetically unique as a human being. However, an early embryo may divide at a certain stage, become different cell groups, and...
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- Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Beneficial
- Human Embryo Experimentation Can Be Morally Justifiable
- Early Human Embryos Are Not Human Beings
- Embryonic Stem Cell Research Should Be Federally Funded
- Cloning Human Embryos for Therapeutic Purposes Should Be Allowed
- Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Unethical
- The Immediate Benefits of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Are Exaggerated
- Early Human Embryos Are Human Beings
- Cloning Human Embryos for Therapeutic Purposes Should Be Banned
- Frozen Embryo Adoption Should Be Encouraged
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
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