Summary of Presentations on Religious Perspectives Relating to Research Involving Human Stem Cells, May 7, 1999

Meyer, Michelle N.

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Summary of Presentations on Religious Perspectives Relating to Research Involving Human Stem Cells, May 7, 1999

Michelle N. Meyer

Harvard Law School

September 1, 1999

National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research v. 1: Report and Recommendations, 1999
Harvard Public Law Working Paper

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As part of issuing its report and recommendations to President Clinton, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission heard testimony from several religious ethicists and theologians regarding different faith traditions' views of research involving human stem cells. This summary and analysis of that testimony was published as an appendix to the Commission's report.

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Keywords: Human embryonic stem cell research, religion, federal funding, personhood

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Date posted: August 25, 2012

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Meyer, Michelle N., Summary of Presentations on Religious Perspectives Relating to Research Involving Human Stem Cells, May 7, 1999 (September 1, 1999). National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research v. 1: Report and Recommendations, 1999; Harvard Public Law Working Paper. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2135671

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