RT Journal Article SR Electronic 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 FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 32 OP 37 DO 10.1136/jme.23.1.32 VO 23 IS 1 A1 J C Byk YR 1997 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/23/1/32.abstract AB 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.