TY - JOUR T1 - A proposed draft protocol for the European Convention on Biomedicine relating to research on the human embryo and fetus. JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 32 LP - 37 DO - 10.1136/jme.23.1.32 VL - 23 IS - 1 AU - J C Byk Y1 - 1997/02/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/23/1/32.abstract N2 - The objective of this paper is to stimulate academic debate on embryo and fetal research from the perspective of the drafting of a protocol to the European Convention on Biomedicine. The Steering Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe was mandated to draw up such a protocol and for this purpose organised an important symposium on reproductive technologies and embryo research, in Strasbourg from the 16th to the 18th of December 1996. ER -