RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Comment on 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 345
OP 347
DO 10.1136/jme.24.5.345
VO 24
IS 5
A1 M M Lebech
YR 1998
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/24/5/345.abstract
AB Judge Christian Byk renders service to the Steering Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe (CDBI) by proposing a draft of the protocol destined to fill in a gap in international law on the status of the human embryo. This proposal, printed in a previous issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics deserves nevertheless to be questioned on important points. Is Christian Byk proposing to legalise research on human embryos not only in vitro but also in utero?