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Mulkay M. The triumph of the pre-embryo: interpretations of the human embryo in Parliamentary debate over embryo research. Soc Stud Sci. 1994;24(4):611-39doi: 10.1177/030631279402400401.
Mulkay, M. (1994). The triumph of the pre-embryo: interpretations of the human embryo in Parliamentary debate over embryo research. Social studies of science, 24(4), 611-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631279402400401
Mulkay, M. "The triumph of the pre-embryo: interpretations of the human embryo in Parliamentary debate over embryo research." Social studies of science vol. 24,4 (1994): 611-39. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/030631279402400401
Mulkay M. The triumph of the pre-embryo: interpretations of the human embryo in Parliamentary debate over embryo research. Soc Stud Sci. 1994 Nov;24(4):611-39. doi: 10.1177/030631279402400401. PMID: 11639422.
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Soc Stud Sci. 1994 Nov;24(4):611-39. doi: 10.1177/030631279402400401.

The triumph of the pre-embryo: interpretations of the human embryo in Parliamentary debate over embryo research.

Social studies of science

M Mulkay

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, UK.

PMID: 11639422 DOI: 10.1177/030631279402400401

Abstract

In 1984, both British Houses of Parliament overwhelmingly condemned the proposal in the Warnock Report that research be allowed on human embryos, under licence, during the first two weeks of their existence. In 1990, legislation permitting such research and based directly on the Warnock proposal was approved with substantial majorities in the two Houses. This study describes some of the cultural developments underlying the swing within Parliament from almost total rejection of embryo research to eventual acceptance. Material taken from the parliamentary record and from the Warnock Report is used to illustrate how two competing images of the human embryo provided a central focus for the adversarial process whereby legislation on embryo research came to be enacted.

Keywords: Biomedical and Behavioral Research; Genetics and Reproduction; Legal Approach

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