For the political, theological and church discussion about reproductive medicine and genetics in Germany it might be helpful to take a look on the situation in other European countries. The above article informs about the discussion in austria, which has a law of reproductive medicine since 1992. The focus of analysis lies on the legal and moral status of the embryo. It is questionable to argue that an embryo is a person. Concerning the protection if the embryo there are general philosophical reasons but also reasons of theological anthropology which lead to a position of tutiorism. In general a strict protection of the embryo must be garanted, but under certain circumstances there are valid reasons für a balance of ethical goods. Detailed questions which are discussed are new indications für in-vitro-fertilization an the ethical issues of preimplantation diagnosis, of research on embryonic stem cells and of therapeutic cloning.

Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2002/1 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2002)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Körtner, Ulrich H. J.

Schlagwörter: Recht Leben Christliche Ethik Forschung Bioethik Präimplantationsdiagnostik Gentechnologie Österreich Menschenwürde Ontologie Biologie Embryonenschutz Therapeutisches Klonen