Washington D.C., Jul 30, 2007 / 08:37 am
The Catholic Church in South Korea is bracing for a legal battle to protect life.
Prompted by the recent plans of the South Korean government to back cloning efforts by disgraced scientist Dr. Woo-Suk Hwang (who in 2005 fraudulently claimed to have cloned human embryos), Cardinal Nicholas Cheong has announced that the Catholic Church will be actively supporting lay efforts in the fall session of the National Assembly in defense of human rights and the dignity of the human person.
The cardinal also emphasized that contrary to what the detractors of the Church say, the Church is pro-cures and has awarded $10 million in grants to adult stem cell researchers.
Lawyers of the U.S.-based Bioethics Defense Fund, Nikolas Nikas and Dorinda Bordlee, will be assisting in the Catholic lay movement in South Korea against cloning. They will be in Seoul this week on a legal, media and educational mission.