Comment on Reproductive Ethics

Friday, December 2. 2005

Comment on Reproductive Ethics

Today I rediscovered the Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE) website www.corethics.org. CORE is a public interest group focusing on ethical dilemmas surrounding human reproduction, particularly the new technologies of assisted conception. It is based in the United Kingdom. I love this website not just because of the numerous resources, but also because it rightfully makes the connection between IVF and embryonic stem research and cloning. Without assisted reproduction procedures like IVF, embryonic stem cell research and cloning would still be confined to the pages of science fiction. The Church warned us and we did not listen.

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