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Ethics, embryos, and evidence: a look back at Warnock

Ethics, embryos, and evidence: a look back at Warnock
Ethics, embryos, and evidence: a look back at Warnock
The Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, the Warnock Report, forms the basis of the UK legislation on embryo research, and its influence continues to be felt, even though over 30 years have passed since its publication. The Warnock Committee was the first of its kind to consider how advancements in human fertilisation and embryology should be regulated. This article examines the evidence submitted to the Warnock Committee, upon which its members ultimately reached their conclusions. With ongoing debate as to the status of the human embryo, it is important to recognise that the legislative position is one that was reached after extensive consultation and consideration of submitted evidence by the Warnock Committee. This article considers the differing ethical viewpoints that were expressed by organisations both prior and post-publication of the Warnock Report, and how the Committee used that evidence to reach their conclusions, and ultimately calls for a new Warnock-style committee
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Hammond-Browning, Natasha
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Hammond-Browning, Natasha
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Hammond-Browning, Natasha (2015) Ethics, embryos, and evidence: a look back at Warnock. Medical Law Review, 1-32. (doi:10.1093/medlaw/fwv028).

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The Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, the Warnock Report, forms the basis of the UK legislation on embryo research, and its influence continues to be felt, even though over 30 years have passed since its publication. The Warnock Committee was the first of its kind to consider how advancements in human fertilisation and embryology should be regulated. This article examines the evidence submitted to the Warnock Committee, upon which its members ultimately reached their conclusions. With ongoing debate as to the status of the human embryo, it is important to recognise that the legislative position is one that was reached after extensive consultation and consideration of submitted evidence by the Warnock Committee. This article considers the differing ethical viewpoints that were expressed by organisations both prior and post-publication of the Warnock Report, and how the Committee used that evidence to reach their conclusions, and ultimately calls for a new Warnock-style committee

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Accepted/In Press date: 26 June 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 August 2015
Organisations: Southampton Law School

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Local EPrints ID: 380152
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/380152
ISSN: 0967-0742
PURE UUID: 86e50b0b-dd00-48b8-93cd-305ee80f6d1c
ORCID for Natasha Hammond-Browning: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-2479

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:20

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Author: Natasha Hammond-Browning ORCID iD

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