Informed Consent for Stem Cell Research in the Public Sector

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2000

Publication Title

Journal of the American Medical Women's Association

Keywords

bioethics, stem cells, informed consent

Abstract

Asking progenitors of spare embryos to donate them for use in stem cell research presents a number of complex issues, especially given the general lack of regulation of fertility medicine and the lack of public consensus on the moral status of the embryo. Particular issues include the timing of the request for donation and whether both men and women must always give consent for the use of their embryos for research. If thoughtful attention is given to these matters, there need be no ethical impediment to requesting the use of spare embryos for stem cell research.

Comments

Available in Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library Special Collections Archive

Volume

55

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