Ethics and New Reproductive Technologies

An International Review of Committee Statements

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ID20336178
AuthorsLEROY WALTERS (0000-0003-0640-130X, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume17
Issue3
Pages3
Publication date1987-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3562251
PMID11644029
OpenAlexW2073416910
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Walters examines the statements of advisory committees in eight\ncountries on new practices involving human reproduction: clinical in vitro\nfertilization; surrogate motherhood; and human embryo research. He analyzes\nthe positions taken by the committees on the general acceptability of the new\ntechnologies, as well as on specific issues involved in assisted human\nreproduction. In chronological order, the statements examined are those of\nthe U.S. Ethics Advisory Board; the Waller committee in Victoria, Australia; a\nSouth Australian committee; the Demack committee in Queensland; Britain's\nCouncil for Science and Society; Britain's Warnock committee; a Tasmania,\nAustralia, committee; the Ontario Law Reform Commission; Australia's Family\nLaw Council; West Germany's Benda committee; the American Fertility Society; a\nWestern Australia committee; the Dutch Health Council; and the National Ethics\nCommittee of France. (KIE abstract)

Advisory committee · Commission · Ethics committee · Government (linguistics) · Library science · Political science · Research council · Research ethics · Select committee · Law · Medicine · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Public Administration · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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