Worthiness of Protection of the Human Embryo: Basic Positions
The Study Commission of the German Bundestag on the Law and Ethics of Modern Medicine gives an overview of the basic positions in its Subject Report on Stem Cell Research of 12 November, 2001 (relevant passages: pp. 30–32):
Study Commission of the German Bundestag on the Law and Ethics of Modern Medicine (2001, 21. November). "Recht und Ethik der modernen Medizin”: Zweiter Zwischenbericht der Enquete-Kommission Recht und Ethik der modernen Medizin – Teilbericht Stammzellforschung vom 21. November 2001. https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/14/075/1407546.pdf (German)