A situation of ethical limbo and preimplantation genetic diagnosis

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punktacja MEiN [2014 A]: 35

title:	A situation of ethical limbo and preimplantation genetic diagnosis
author:	Żuradzki Tomasz
journal title:	Journal of Medical Ethics
volume:	40
issue:	11
date of publication :	2014
pages:	780-781
ISSN:	0306-6800
eISSN:	1473-4257
DOI:	10.1136/medethics-2014-102278
URL:	http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2014/09/03/medethics-2014-102278.short?g=w_jme_ahead_tab
date accessed:	2015-08-31
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 781
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	In my previous paper I argued that if in vitro fertilization (IVF) is legal and practiced there is no moral ground to object to legalization of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Xavier Symons raises an objection that my paper “fails to address the ethical argumentation of one key opponent of IVF - the Catholic Church”. In this reply I show that his thesis that embryos created during IVF are in "ethical limbo" and “fall outside the moral universe of Christian ethics” does not undermine my argumentation and masks the serious problem Catholics have with the moral status of early embryos.
keywords in English:	in vitro fertilization, moral status, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, human embryos, bioethics, reproductive ethics
number of pulisher's sheets:	0,2
departmental parameterization:	35
affiliation:	Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Filozofii
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper

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