title: The moral status of the early human embryo: is a via media possible?
authors.affiliation: Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shannon
mesh_terms: D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D001755:Blastocyst; D047108:Embryonic Development; D028663:Ethical Theory; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D011639:Public Opinion; D014481:United States