Embryo Politics: Ethics and Policy in Atlantic Democracies

by Thomas Banchoff

Book Overview

Since the first fertilization of a human egg in the laboratory in 1968, scientific and technological breakthroughs have raised ethical dilemmas and generated policy controversies on both sides of the Atlantic. Embryo, stem cell, and cloning research have provoked impassioned political debate about their religious, moral, legal, and practical implications. National governments make rules that govern the creation, destruction, and use of embryos...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801478812
• ISBN13: 9780801478819
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher