Women in the Parliamentary Debate over Embryo Research

Throughout the 1980s, there was considerable public discussion in Britain about the legitimacy of scientific research upon human embryos and about the advisability of seeking to develop new science-based techniques that would further extend medical control over human reproduction. In 1990, legislati...

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Published in:Science, technology, & human values technology, & human values, 1994, Vol.19 (1), p.5-22
Main Author: Mulkay, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude
Bioethics
Children
Communication
Decision Making
Embryo Research
Embryo, Mammalian
Embryos
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Family Relations
Female
Fertilization in Vitro
Fetuses
General points
Government Policy
Government Regulation
Great Britain
History of science and technology
History of social organization of science and scientific research
Human reproduction
Humans
In vitro fertilization
Legislation
Medical research
Men
Mothers
Parliamentary debate
Parliaments
Politics
Public Policy
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Reproductive Technologies
Risk
Risk Assessment
Scientific Research
Social Change
Social Control, Formal
Speeches
Technology
United Kingdom
Women
Women's Rights
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Summary:Throughout the 1980s, there was considerable public discussion in Britain about the legitimacy of scientific research upon human embryos and about the advisability of seeking to develop new science-based techniques that would further extend medical control over human reproduction. In 1990, legislation was passed permitting such research, but at the same time restricting its scope and specifying how the technologies of assisted reproduction were to be implemented. The present study examines how women contributed to, and were represented in, the final phase of parliamentary debate over the proposed legislation.
ISSN:0162-2439
1552-8251
DOI:10.1177/016224399401900102