Mulkay M
Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, UK.
Soc Stud Sci. 1994 Nov;24(4):611-39. doi: 10.1177/030631279402400401.
In 1984, both British Houses of Parliament overwhelmingly condemned the proposal in the Warnock Report that research be allowed on human embryos, under licence, during the first two weeks of their existence. In 1990, legislation permitting such research and based directly on the Warnock proposal was approved with substantial majorities in the two Houses. This study describes some of the cultural developments underlying the swing within Parliament from almost total rejection of embryo research to eventual acceptance. Material taken from the parliamentary record and from the Warnock Report is used to illustrate how two competing images of the human embryo provided a central focus for the adversarial process whereby legislation on embryo research came to be enacted.
1984年，英国议会两院均以压倒性多数谴责了沃诺克报告中的一项提议，该提议主张在获得许可的情况下，可在人类胚胎存在的头两周内对其进行研究。1990年，一项直接基于沃诺克提议的允许此类研究的立法在两院以绝大多数票获得通过。本研究描述了议会内部从几乎完全拒绝胚胎研究到最终接受这一转变背后的一些文化发展情况。取自议会记录和沃诺克报告的材料被用来阐明人类胚胎的两种相互竞争的形象如何为胚胎研究立法得以颁布的对抗过程提供了核心焦点。
