Part I. Introduction1. Challenging the Political: Religious Actors and Religious Arguments in Liberal DemocraciesPart II. Catholic-Latin States with Low Level or Little Religious Pluralism2. Discursive Strategies of Catholic Churches in Assisted Reproduction Technology Regulation: Poland and Spain in Comparison3. The Role of Religion in Debates on Embryo Research and Surrogacy in France4. Embryonic Silences: Human Life Between Biomedicine, Religion, and State Authorities in Austria5. Moral Politics in Ireland: From Religious Domination to Political IndifferencePart III. Protestant(-English) States with High or Moderate Level Religious Pluralism6. Biotechnology and the Nonreligious Uses of God Talk7. The Political Debate on Embryo Research in New Zealand and the Role of Religious Actors and Arguments8. The Political Debate on Embryo Research in Australia and the Role of Religious Actors and ArgumentsPart IV. Protestant(-Scandinavian) States with Low Level Religious Pluralism9. The Status of the Human Embryo: A Case Study of Embryo Experiments and Embryo Research in Denmark10. Religion and Biopolitics in Sweden11. Consensus vs. Confrontation: Negotiating Embryo Politics in Norway and ItalyPart V. Mixed-Confession States with High Level Religious Pluralism12. The Role of Religion in the Political Debate on Embryo Research in the Netherlands13. Moralizing Embryo Politics in Germany: Between Christian-Inspired Values and Historical Constrains14. Bioethics and Biopolitics in Switzerland: Stem Cell Research and Preimplantation Diagnostics in the Public Discourse15. Morality Policies: How Religion and Politics Interplay in Democratic Decision-Making