title: The status of the embryo and policy discourse.
authors.affiliation: Theology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167, USA.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Cahill
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D032921:Consensus; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D033041:Embryo Research; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009014:Morals; D028723:Personhood; D035845:Research Embryo Creation; D012945:Social Values; D026712:Value of Life