New definition of a human embryo proposed amid rapid scientific advances

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Publish Date:

August 17, 2023

Author(s):

Molteni, Megan

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Stat

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Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology,
Center for Law and the Biosciences

Summary

But those definitions have often been both broad and vague. The result is a complicated global patchwork of laws that leave a lot of ambiguity about what it means to be an embryo, said Hank Greely, director of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences. “There really is a need for more clarity on what the laws say.”