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According to the fundamental scientific knowledge, international organizations and committees in bioethics have adopted ethical norms that prohibit any sort of manipulations upon the human embryo. The origin and formation of the conscious human personality as well as the essence of life have always been stubborn problems for scientists and public opinion. Many a philosophical, religious-theological and psychological concepts has been developed in connection with the above problems. The human embryo bears a special ontological status: The latter is a potential human being. None of the objective facts describing continuous process of embryogenesis can be considered as proving the fact that it will develop into a "human being as such". Thus, it is evident, that at the any stage of its development, an embryo is a bearer of human dignity, so any action with respect to it is to be assessed morally. Any unborn child is a victim believed a sacrifice for the sake of those who have managed to come into the world. The special moral status of the embryo does predetermine its particular moral status.
Keywords:
human embryo, ontological status, moral status, embryo's status, abortion, potential human being
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