Suspended in time : the frozen human embryo : report on the disposition of frozen human embryos
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- Author
- Creighton, Phyllis (Phyllis Joyce Manning)
- Publication Date
- c1994
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- RG 133.5 C74 1994
- Place of Publication
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Book Centre
- Publication Date
- c1994
- Physical Description
- 42 p. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Phyllis Creighton".
- Includes bibliographical references and bibliography: p. 35-42.
- "This report, which was requested by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada and commended by the National Executive Council on November 5, 1993, focuses on concerns of broad public interest that are being widely discussed. .... The ethical issues arising from the new reproductive technologies and practices need to be addressed, as do their social and legal ramifications. This report was undertaken at the request of General Synod in 1989 because of concern about one of these technologies, the freezing of human embryos. The release on November 30, 1993 of the long-awaited report of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, 'Proceed With Care', has heightened interest in Canada about such issues and makes the publication of this report on frozen embryos timely. .... This report on the disposition of frozen human embryos is issued now to encourage deeper reflection on our developing powers, our concomitant responsibilities, and the need for legislative action on reproductive technologies." -- Foreword.
- "Act 75, passed by the General Synod in June 1989, decreed: 'That the Doctrine and Worship Committee be requested to prepare a position paper, for approval by the National Executive Council (with the results to be shared with the whole Church) on the disposition of frozen embryos'. .... In the late autumn of 1990 I was invited by the Doctrine and Worship Committee, through Bishop Joachim Fricker, to convene a task force to study the whole question. Recruitment proved difficult. .... I circulated some further materials and proposals to the group, but in the end it proved impossible for the task force to write the position paper. This is therefore a personal report. The press of commitments I had made prior to agreeing to serve on this task force made it impossible for me to get a report ready in time for submission to NEC, as Act 75 required. In tackling the task I did a literature search in medical, legal, ethical, and other serious journals. On the basis of twenty years' reflection on similar issues, and the experience of having written the interim report of the Task Force on Human Life submitted to General Synod 1973, I wrote and now submit this report as an initial contribution to consideration of the subject". -- Origin of the Report.
- Contents: Foreword / Michael G. Peers, Archbishop and Primate -- Origin of this Report dated 20 Sept. 1993 / Phyllis Creighton -- Background to the Current Debate -- The Moral Status of the Human Embryo -- Legal Concerns -- Scientific Experimentation -- Broader Issues: Social Context and Slippery Slope -- Recommendations -- Endnotes -- Bibliography.
- Added Entry
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Subjects
- Frozen human embryos - Moral and ethical aspects
- Frozen human embryos - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Human embryo - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Reproductive technology - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Bioethics - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Fertilization in vitro, Human - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Medical ethics - Canada
- ISBN
- 1-55126-091-3
- Call Number
- RG 133.5 C74 1994
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)