The Human Embryo In Vitro explors the ways in which UK law engages with embryonic processes under the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended), the intellectual basis of which has not been reconsidered for almost thirty years. McMillan argues that in regulating '…
Introduction -- The evolution of 'the embryo' in law : a matter of process? -- 'The embryo' in law today : the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and beyond -- From process to purgatory : moving beyond legal stasis -- Navigating legal purgatory : the otherness of embryo…
"Since then, the embryo in vitro, born from an assemblage of biological and technological matters, has generated complex ontological and moral questions for the law. As medical science marches forward, commonly held constructions of the embryo are becoming increasingly problemat…
"Since then, the embryo in vitro, born from an assemblage of biological and technological matters, has generated complex ontological and moral questions for the law. As medical science marches forward, commonly held constructions of the embryo are becoming increasingly problemat…