The Politics of Transplantation of Human Fetal Tissue

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Research involving human fetal tissue has been the subject of intense political debate in this country for almost two decades, and the use of fetal tissues in transplantation continues this controversy in another forum. Since Roe v. Wade,1 the landmark decision on abortion by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973, the federal government has focused public attention on fetal research by creating panels of experts. For example, in 1974 Congress created the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research and made the formulation of regulations on fetal research the first item on its . . .