Cefalo R C, Berghmans R L, Hall S P
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7570.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Jan;170(1 Pt 1):12-9.
We investigated the decision making of professionals regarding the ethical acceptability of using human fetal tissue from elective abortion for research or therapy.
We surveyed 390 professionals from 20 European countries on their ethical beliefs regarding the scientific and medical use of human fetal tissue from elective abortion. We assessed the importance of basic medical ethics and beliefs regarding the morality of abortion and fetal rights to their decision making.
Sixty-six percent of 198 responding professionals believed that use of fetal tissue from elective abortion was ethically acceptable. Beliefs regarding the morality of elective abortion and fetal exploitation overwhelmingly influenced individual ethics regarding fetal tissue research or therapy.
Ethical decision making is a dynamic process and individuals are not altogether consistent in their beliefs. The important public policy issues raised in this study concern the rights of the dead fetus, whether these rights are exploited through fetal tissue therapy, and whether women's right of authority over the disposition of aborted fetal tissue is abdicated.
我们调查了专业人员对于将选择性流产获得的人类胎儿组织用于研究或治疗的伦理可接受性的决策情况。
我们对来自20个欧洲国家的390名专业人员进行了调查，了解他们对于将选择性流产获得的人类胎儿组织用于科学和医学目的的伦理信念。我们评估了基本医学伦理以及关于堕胎道德和胎儿权利的信念对他们决策的重要性。
198名做出回应的专业人员中有66%认为将选择性流产获得的胎儿组织用于研究在伦理上是可接受的。关于选择性流产道德和胎儿利用的信念极大地影响了个人对于胎儿组织研究或治疗的伦理观念。
伦理决策是一个动态过程，个人的信念并非完全一致。本研究中提出的重要公共政策问题涉及死胎的权利，这些权利是否通过胎儿组织治疗被利用，以及女性对流产胎儿组织处置的决定权是否被放弃。
