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Adopting embryos in America: a case study and an ethical analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2002

John Berkman
John Berkman
Affiliation:
Department of Theology, 125 Caldwell Hall, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, [email protected]
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Abstract

In 2001, on behalf of two Christian couples, a Christian adoption agency in the United States arranged an open embryo adoption. In addition to ethically analyzing this specific case, this paper situates the case politically and medically and distinguishes a number of general moral considerations relevant for reflection on this case. The paper concludes that while the choice to adopt embryos is morally appropriate and even praiseworthy in some circumstances, troubling features in this specific case rendered this particular adoption morally problematic.

Type
Research Article
Information
Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , November 2002 , pp. 438 - 460
Copyright
Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd, 2002

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