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Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Therapy: The Need for a Common European Legal Framework
Author(s) -
Romeo–Casabona Carlos M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-8519
pISSN - 0269-9702
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8519.00311
Subject(s) - harmonization , normative , ambiguity , argument (complex analysis) , embryonic stem cell , law and economics , stem cell , political science , law , sociology , medicine , biology , computer science , philosophy , biochemistry , genetics , gene , programming language , aesthetics
The possibility of obtaining stem cells from human embryos has given rise to an intensive legal and ethical debate. In this paper, attention is paid to the normative disparity and ambiguity in Europe. An argument for the need for a minimal legal harmonization is made; and a prudent and flexible way to reach this successfully is suggested. Establishing a common legal framework seems to be the only way to guarantee true competitiveness for the European scientific community.