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The first volume in the Bioethics Yearbook series traced the evolution of North American Lutheran discussions from their outset in the early 1960s up to 1990. The third volume reported developments in the United States from 1990–1992 including the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s amicus curiae brief in the celebrated Cruzan Supreme Court case, its 1991 Social Statement “Abortion”, and a 1992 Message on Social Issues “End of Life Decisions.” There, for the first time, coverage was expanded to include European developments since the inception of Lutheran discussions on the Continent in the late 1970s. The primary focus of the present chapter is a book recently produced by a group of Lutheran ethicists from the Nordic countries. New developments on the North American scene will also be reported.
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Nelson, P. (1997). Bioethics and the Lutheran Communion. In: Lustig, B.A. (eds) Bioethics Yearbook. Bioethics Yearbook, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0904-0_8
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