This book provides a nontechnical account of the debate concerning human embryo research, concentrating on the British parliamentary debates of 1984-1990. It traces the debates' origins back to conflicts over abortion and moral reform in the 1960s, and examines reactions in the 1990s to sex selection and the use of eggs from human fetuses for research. Michael Mulkay shows how embryo research develops within a complex social environment, writing for anyone interested in the relationship between science-based assisted reproduction and society.
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This book provides a non-technical account of the debate concerning human embryo research, concentrating on the British parliamentary debates of 1984-1990. It traces the debates' origins back to conflicts over abortion and moral reform in the 1960s, and examines reactions in the 1990s to sex selection and the use of eggs from human fetuses for research. Michael Mulkay shows how embryo research develops within a complex social environment, writing for anyone interested in the relationship between science-based assisted reproduction and society.
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embryo research policy, cadaveric eggs, research involving human embryos, debate over embryo research, support for embryo research, embryo debate, fetal eggs, science fiction imagery, statutory licensing authority, public consultation document, stereotyped contrast, human fertilization, early human embryo, parliamentary opinion, assisted reproduction, alternative clauses, full bibliographical details, sex selection, new reproductive technologies, infertility services Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Warnock Report, Labour Party, House of Commons, Lady Saltoun, Lady Warnock, Powell's Bill, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Lord Henderson, Secretary of State, Abortion Act, New Scientist, Upper House, Professor Winston, Medical Research Council, Powell Bill, Second Reading, Brave New World, Government Bill, Private Member's Bill, Voluntary Licensing Authority, Duke of Norfolk, Members of Parliament, Royal Society, Government's Bill New!
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- Reproductive Technologies (Current Controversies) by Carol Wekesser on 11 pages
- A Matter of Life: The Story of a Medical Breakthrough by R.G. Edwards on 8 pages
- The New Reproductive Technologies by Maurren McNeil on 8 pages
- Human in Vitro Fertilization: A Case Study in the Regulation of Medical Innovation (Medico-Legal Series) by Jennifer Gunning on 5 pages
- Manufacturing Babies & Public Consent by Jose Van (Assi Dyck on 5 pages
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- Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States by Sheila Jasanoff in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ways of Knowing: A New History of Science, Technology, and Medicine by John V. Pickstone in Back Matter
- Bioethics for Scientists by John A. Bryant on page 36
- Feminist Theology: Voices from the Past by Ann Loades in Back Matter
- Genetics and Society: A Sociology of Disease by Anne Kerr in Back Matter
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