Skip to main content
Journal of Medical Ethics logoLink to Journal of Medical Ethics
. 2005 Apr;31(4):215–220. doi: 10.1136/jme.2003.006395

In the world of Dolly, when does a human embryo acquire respect?

C Cameron 1, R Williamson 1
PMCID: PMC1734124  PMID: 15800362

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (80.1 KB).

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Byrne James A., Simonsson Stina, Western Patrick S., Gurdon John B. Nuclei of adult mammalian somatic cells are directly reprogrammed to oct-4 stem cell gene expression by amphibian oocytes. Curr Biol. 2003 Jul 15;13(14):1206–1213. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00462-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Furedi A. Issues for service providers: a response to points raised. J Med Ethics. 2001 Oct;27 (Suppl 2):ii28–ii32. doi: 10.1136/jme.27.suppl_2.ii28. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Gillon R. Is there a 'new ethics of abortion'? J Med Ethics. 2001 Oct;27 (Suppl 2):ii5–ii9. doi: 10.1136/jme.27.suppl_2.ii5. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Greenwood J. The new ethics of abortion. J Med Ethics. 2001 Oct;27 (Suppl 2):ii2–ii4. doi: 10.1136/jme.27.suppl_2.ii2. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Hewson B. Reproductive autonomy and the ethics of abortion. J Med Ethics. 2001 Oct;27 (Suppl 2):ii10–ii14. doi: 10.1136/jme.27.suppl_2.ii10. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Meyer M. J., Nelson L. J. Respecting what we destroy. Reflections on human embryo research. Hastings Cent Rep. 2001 Jan-Feb;31(1):16–23. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Savulescu J. Abortion, embryo destruction and the future of value argument. J Med Ethics. 2002 Jun;28(3):133–135. doi: 10.1136/jme.28.3.133. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Savulescu J. Is there a "right not to be born"? Reproductive decision making, options and the right to information. J Med Ethics. 2002 Apr;28(2):65–67. doi: 10.1136/jme.28.2.65. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Warnock Mary. Do human cells have rights? Bioethics. 1987 Jan;1(1):1–14. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.1987.tb00001.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Medical Ethics are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES