"At the dawn of the biorenaissance, in the heated debate about the place of biology, genetics, and stem cell research--particularly embryonic stem cell research--in contemporary life, we are once again confronted by uncertainties and taboos. Once again limits are being tested and boundaries are being crossed.
Those limits and boundaries are moral as well as cultural, political as well as scientific. Which side will prevail? Who will be deemed 'right' and who will be 'wrong'? Where will the ethical line be drawn? Who will draw it?"