Friday, May 28, 2010

Look for the Loophole

South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled that human embryos left over from fertility treatment are not life forms and can be used for research or destroyed, a court spokesman said Friday.

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The ruling means that human embryos that are in their early stage and are not implanted into a mother's womb cannot be seen as human life forms," the spokesman, Noh Hui-Beom, told AFP.
Language is everything. So . . . if they are in their early stage . . . and implanted in the mother's womb, are they then life forms and deserving of protection?

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