Concerns about eroding the ethical barrier to in vitro eugenics: lessons from the hESC debate
In his discussion of in vitrogametogenesis, Rob Sparrow claims that an ethical barrier to development of this technology is that many jurisdictions currently prohibit the practice of creating embryos solely for the purpose of research. However, he suggests that this ethical barrier will soon be erod...
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