title: Why scientific details are important when novel technologies encounter law, politics, and ethics.
abstract: This paper focuses on the issue of what to do if a couple who generates embryos chooses to lawfully, and in their (and my) view, ethnically discard those embryos. Specifically, is it appropriate to use the cells that come from "excess" embryos in medical research instead of discarding them when a couple has ceased trying to have any additional children?
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D001690:Biological Science Disciplines / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D012449:Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States