ArticleThe Linacre quarterly2017
Personhood status of the human zygote, embryo, fetus.
Article in The Linacre quarterly, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Development of placental abnormalities in location and anatomy.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2020Pooled it
- Perinatal palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa: recommendations for practice, future research, and guideline development.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- CRISPR/Cas9 system: a reliable and facile genome editing tool in modern biology.Molecular biology reports · 2022Review
- Review
- Posthumous reproduction in Iranian law.Reproductive biomedicine & society online · 2021Review
- Genome editing with the CRISPR-Cas system: an art, ethics and global regulatory perspective.Plant biotechnology journal · 2020Review
- Discarding IVF embryos: reporting on global practices.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2019Article
- Will CRISPR Germline Engineering Close the Door to an Open Future?Science and engineering ethics · 2019Article
- CRISPR Ethics: Moral Considerations for Applications of a Powerful Tool.Journal of molecular biology · 2019Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The fields of biology, medicine, and embryology have described the developmental milestones of humans throughout gestation in great detail. It is less clear as to when humans are recognized as people, persons, or beings with rights that are protected by legislation. The practice of law is irrevocably intertwined with that of ethical conduct; and the time at which a human life is considered a person has implications that extend to health care, legislation on abortion, and autonomy of individuals. This article reviews the economical position that fertilization is the moment that personhood of the conceptus begins. Alternate positions proposing that personhood begins at other possible times after fertilization are presented and contrasted to the economical hypothesis.
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