POTENTIALITY AND HUMAN EMBRYOS

Consideration of the potentiality of human embryos to develop characteristics of personhood, such as intellect and will, has figured prominently in arguments against abortion and the use of human embryos for research. In particular, such consideration was the basis for the call of the US President&#...

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Main Author: Lizza, John P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Bioethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 7, Pages: 379-385
Further subjects:B possible
B Possibility
B Potential
B Abortion
B Stem Cell Research
B Human embryo
B Potentiality
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