Vatican affirms 'dignity of human embryo'
(AFP)
AFP - The Vatican on Friday reopened ethical questions surrounding stem cell research and techniques such as cloning with a document affirming the "Dignity of the human embryo." Source: Yahoo! News: Biotechnology News
Catholic View On Human Embryo (Hover)
The Moral Status of the Human Embryo: When is a Person a Person?
The moral status of the embryo is one of the key pressure-points in ethical debates about post-coital contraception, therapeutic cloning, pre-implantation diagnosis, artificial reproduction, embryo research and cloning. Ref. Source 8