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Sorcha Ui Chonnachtaigh

Keele University
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    Implications of Recent Developments in Ireland for the Status of the Embryo
    with Sheelagh Mcguinness
    Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 20 (3): 396-408. 2011.
    One of the most significant developments in the area of reproductive health in Ireland is theRoche v. Roche[2009] case. The case concerned a woman who wished to implant cryopreserved embryos made with a former partner, against the partner’s wishes. Of particular interest are questions about the status of the embryo: in Ireland the life of “the unborn” is constitutionally protected. Therefore the courts inRochehad to decide whether embryos were “unborn” within the meaning of the Irish Constitutio…Read more
    Biomedical EthicsReproductive Ethics
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    Eight Theories of Ethics (review)
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (1): 105-107. 2006.
    Value TheoryEthics
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    Implications of Recent Developments in Ireland for the Status of the Embryo
    with Sheelagh Mcguinness
    Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 20 (3): 396-408. 2011.
    One of the most significant developments in the area of reproductive health in Ireland is theRoche v. Roche[2009] case. The case concerned a woman who wished to implant cryopreserved embryos made with a former partner, against the partner’s wishes. Of particular interest are questions about the status of the embryo: in Ireland the life of “the unborn” is constitutionally protected. Therefore the courts inRochehad to decide whether embryos were “unborn” within the meaning of the Irish Constitutio…Read more
    Biomedical EthicsReproductive Ethics