title: The Pope and the ontogeny of persons.
abstract: In his recent book Crossing the Threshold of Hope, Pope John Paul II airs his views on human reproduction. The pity is that he ignores most of modern genetics and embryology.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Human Ecology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Godfrey
mesh_terms: D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D002410:Catholicism; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D004989:Ethics; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D008297:Male; D028723:Personhood; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction; D038522:Twinning, Monozygotic