Harris L H
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Womens Health Issues. 2000 May-Jun;10(3):146-51. doi: 10.1016/s1049-3867(00)00035-9.
Research on human embryos is controversial. Whether federal dollars can or should fund this work has been debated for 25 years, without satisfactory resolution. Many commentators point out that current conflict over embryo research grows out of this country's seemingly intractable conflict over abortion and the moral status of the fetus. This commentary reviews the most recent iteration of the embryo research debate--federal funding of human embryonic stem cell investigation--and explores the ways in which the terms of this debate not only reflect abortion disputes, but may in turn be shifted to strengthen feminist claims vis-à-vis abortion.
对人类胚胎的研究颇具争议。联邦资金是否能够或应该资助这项工作已经争论了25年，仍未得到令人满意的解决。许多评论家指出，当前关于胚胎研究的冲突源于该国在堕胎问题和胎儿道德地位上看似难以解决的冲突。这篇评论回顾了胚胎研究辩论的最新一轮——联邦对人类胚胎干细胞研究的资助——并探讨了这场辩论的条件不仅如何反映堕胎争议，而且反过来可能如何转变以加强女权主义者在堕胎问题上的主张。
