1. Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution includes the following: The State acknowledges the right to...

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1. Article 40.3.3° of the Irish Constitution includes the following: "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right." Identify and discuss ethical questions arising from biotechnological advances in science and medicine as a result of this acknowledgement of "the right to life of the unborn". Refer, with appropriate explanation, to relevant ethical lines of thought (propositions). Note that you are not required to discuss rights of the mother. 1. Article 40.3.3° of the Irish Constitution includes the following: "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right." Identify and discuss ethical questions arising from biotechnological advances in science and medicine as a result of this acknowledgement of "the right to life of the unborn". Refer, with appropriate explanation, to relevant ethical lines of thought (propositions). Note that you are not required to discuss rights of the mother.

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