Conceiving ethical gamete and embryo research in a post-Dickey-Wicker USA
In a recent essay in Science, we advocated lifting restrictions on federal funding for research involving parthenogenesis, restrictions that have been placed by a rider, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (DWA), to every budget for the US Department of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education since...
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Published in: | Science & public policy Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 129 - 132 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
01-02-2012
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Series: | Science and Public Policy |
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Summary: | In a recent essay in Science, we advocated lifting restrictions on federal funding for research involving parthenogenesis, restrictions that have been placed by a rider, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (DWA), to every budget for the US Department of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education since 1996. We concluded that contribution by calling for the reconsideration of the entire amendment and suggesting that it be removed from the budget. In this contribution, we outline how research using human parthenotes, embryos, stem cells, eggs, or sperm could be ethically funded if the DWA were to be rescinded in the USA. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0302-3427 1471-5430 |
DOI: | 10.3152/030234212X13214603531888 |