The Embryo Rescue Case

S. Matthew Liao

doi:10.1007/s11017-005-1390-z

The Embryo Rescue Case

S. Matthew Liao

Global Public Health

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Abstract

In the debate regarding the moral status of human embryos, the Embryo Rescue Case has been used to suggest that embryos are not rightholders. This case is premised on the idea that in a situation where one has a choice between saving some number of embryos or a child, it seems wrong to save the embryos and not the child. If so, it seems that embryos cannot be rightholders. In this paper, I argue that the Embryo Rescue Case does not independently show that embryos are not rightholders.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	141-147
Number of pages	7
Journal	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-005-1390-z
State	Published - Apr 2006

Keywords

Embryo
Moral status
Persons
Potentiality
Rights
Time-relative interest

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Issues, ethics and legal aspects

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