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041			_aeng
050			_aRG133.5 _b.H85 2002
100			_aHui, Edwin C.
245		0	_aAt the Beginning of Life : _bDilemmas in Theological Bioethics / _cEdwin C. Hui
260			_aDowners Grove, IL : _bInterVarsity Press, _c2002
300			_a416 p. _b; _c23 cm.
505			_aFoundations of human personhood. Being, person and human nature -- The biological dimension of human personhood -- The psychological dimension of human personhood -- Person as a psychosomatic unity -- The relational dimension of human personhood -- The temporal and eschatological dimensions -- Assisted reproductive technologies and personhood. Infertility and the need for assisted reproductive technologies -- Artificial insemination -- In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer -- Surrogate gestational motherhood -- Manipulation of embryos -- Human cloning and stem cells -- The human genome project -- Abortion and personhood. The two extreme positions -- Moderation of the extreme positions via considerations of the pregnant woman's rights -- Moderation of the extreme positions via re-evaluation of the moral status of the fetus -- Consideration of pragmatic factors -- Prenatal screening and fetal genetic defects -- Medical technology innovations and the status of the unborn.
650			_aHuman reproductive technology—Moral and ethical aspects.Human reproductive technology—Religious aspects—Christianity.Abortion—Moral and ethical aspects.
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