It is a national and religious duty to fight this injustice. Christians have protested against the present voting system for some time. In 2000 religious minorities started a campaign for the restoration of joint electorates. This was said by Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi OP of Nueva Caseras, chairman of the Office on Bio-ethics of the Philippine Bishops' Conference. Scientists claim that the research would not only undertake studies on infertility and detection of birth defect, it would also be used to open possibility of transplants to prevent or cure scores of illnesses such as Parkinson's' disease and diabetes.
Cloning implicates the destruction of manipulated embryos.
Cloning of a human person is a technique which is devoid of spiritual dimension. A young man and woman who for the sake of the Gospel lived a celibate life and suffered martyrdom were among the Korean martyrs honoured in Chonju diocese during a Festival held on Ash Wednesday February 28. The occasion is the 200 th anniversary of the Shinyu Persecution, the most violent that lasted a full year beginning in December 1801 when about 100 Korean Catholics died, including Fr Ju Mun-mo, China's first missionary, and over 400 were exiled. Bishop Vincent Ri of Chonju, a region rich in martyrs, plans to make the festival an annual event celebrated jointly with local cultural groups, and also to be part of 2002 World Cup events. Christianity introduced by Korean scholars in 1784 suffered six persecutions for 100 years, mainly caused by political reasons, until it obtained religious freedom in 1876.