Abstract

Bioethics has become a political issue in promoting biotechnology around the world. Korea was the fifth country in the world to have cloned animals. Twelve attempts were made to legislate bioethics issues from 1997 to March 2003. To the present, there are no existing governmental laws that ban human cloning. All bills proposed on this subject are under consideration. We will analyze the conduct of the Korean legislative process regarding bioethics issues proposed by Korean government ministries and the National Assembly, particularly concerning cloning technologies. Experience in Korea will provide some lessons, especially for developing countries