QBoost Question of the Week- June 15th, 2020

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* You are the Chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee comprised of members from a number of different professions and walks of life. In your role as Chair, it is important for you to understand the various positions they might hold on the status of preimplantation embryos.

What statements about the status of preimplantation embryos are used to guide moral and legal outcomes? (Choose two).

A. Three distinct positions exist concerning the status of preimplantation embryos: Embryo as Person, Embryo as Property and Embryo as Potential.

B. The Embryo as Person position defines the embryo as a human person beginning at the blastocyst stage that should be accorded the full rights of an existing person.

C. The Embryo as Property position defines the embryo as a category of human tissue with an independent right to a continued existence.

D. The Embryo as Potential position defines the embryo as occupying an intermediate position between a human person and human tissue that is entitled to special consideration because of its potential to become a person.

E. This ASRM endorses the Embryo as Property position, wherein the embryo is property and can be discarded if need be.