The lady vanishes : what's missing from the stem cell debate

Sets out the arguments of those opposed to somatic cell nuclear transfer and embryonic stem cell technologies, noting some similarities to proponents of stem cell research in terms of the status of the embryo. Looks at what unites the two warring sides in 'the stem cell wars': that women are equally invisible to both. Suggests ways of lessening the impact of the tendency to regard women and their ova as merely receptacles and women's reproductive labour as unimportant by drawing on the accepted characterisation in the common law of property as a bundle of rights, and on a Hegelian model of contract as mutual recognition. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.