A coalition of some 20 religious, medical and law research groups plans to lodge a petition with the Constitutional Court against the bioethics law, claiming the law runs counter to the spirit of the Constitution.
A member of the Korean Christian Bioethics Association said the group will review whether it is realistic to file the petition from a legal point of view.
“The most problematic aspect of the law is that embryo will be allowed to be used for research purposes,” said Kim Il-su, professor of Korea University and co-chairman of the association.
“As embryos are recognized as life, it is against the spirit of the Constitution regarding respect for human dignity and life to use human embryos for research,” he said.
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