Moral Status Of Embryo Flashcards
1
Q
Warnock report 1984
A
Donation freezing eggs sperm
Surrogacy
Research
Ethical status of emerging reproductive technologies
2
Q
Why 14 day cut off?
A
When gastrulation happens twinning
3
Q
What is personhood?
A
People have rationality Capacity or moral agency Language Sentience (capacity to experience feelings and sensations) Embryos lack these features
4
Q
Areas to consider moral status of embryo?
A
Human biology
Personhood
Interest
Future like ours
5
Q
When was mitochondrial donation allowed?
A
2015
6
Q
First 3 parent baby, what year?
A
2016
7
Q
When was the human fertilisation and embryology act?
A
1990
8
Q
When was the abortion act?
A
1967
