체외배아의 민법상 지위에 관한 비교법적 검토

In twenties, due to rapid development of bio-technology, the world's first “test tube baby" was born through in vitro fertilization in July 25th, 1978. Currently, as the birth through in vitro fertilization has been increased, there are many problems in aspects of religious, ethical, medical, and legal terms. In terms of legal aspects, there have been being discussed whether an embryo can be subject of natural right such as human dignity or be a legal victim of aborticide or feticide. In addition, legislative complimentary has been conducted by enacting special laws. However, there is not a single law or act in terms of legal status of in vitro fertilization embryo. That is a problem in terms of civil law since there are many academic arguments which cannot help deciding whether an embryo in vitro fertilization would be able to have a right of inheritance if his or her father is dead. I, in this thesis(academic paper), will review foreign laws and academic arguments about in vitro fertilization embryo based on the concept of that. Then, I, in this thesis, will research real conditions of Korean laws and acts about in vitro fertilization embryo and review the limit of those laws hermeneutically. Moreover, I, in this thesis, will analyse the legal status of in vitro fertilization embryo in Korean civil law system, and then I will propose the prospect of the legal status of in vitro fertilization embryo and the problem to be solved about that. In the point that artifical fertilizations are in general, the legal status of in vitro fertilization embryo is needed to be discussed since that is related to when people should protect in vitro fertilization embryo in terms of the beginning of the human being.