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A Theologians' Brief: On the place of the human embryo within the Christian tradition and the theological principles for evaluating its status (2001)
Submitted to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research by an ad hoc group of Christian theologians from the Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox and Reformed traditions.* |
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Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics Joint Response to the Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill (2007)
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Cloning and Stem Cell Research (2001)
A submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research. Key issues discussed: stem cells - embryonic stem cells - adult stem cells - moral status of the embryo - twinning - purposes of cloning (birth, research, exploitation of tissue) - public policy |
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Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law (2004)
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Life or Lifestyle? The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (2008)
Helen Watt offers a brief analysis of the issues surrounding this controversial bill. A pdf is available here. |
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Linacre Centre Submission to the Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into Government Proposals for the Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras (2007)
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Review of the HFE Act (2005)
A submission by the Joint Bioethics Committee of the Catholic Bishops of England & Wales, Scotland, and Ireland to the Department of Health's consultation on the proposed review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990) |
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Submission to the Department of Health Review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (2005)
The Catholic Bishops’ Joint Bioethics Committee represents the three Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and responds here to issues raised in the Department of Health's Review of the HFE Act. These include the rights of children to protection from physical and emotional harm, and the rights of women and men to protection from reproductive exploitation. So numerous are the moral problems arising in the area of assisted conception that we are unable in this submiss |