Human Cloning Should It Be Banned
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Submitted by bjs623 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Human Cloning Should It Be Banned
Advancements in cloning technology brought us "Dolly" the cloned sheep, and along with Dolly came many concerns about whether human cloning should or should not be allowed. Until Dolly was created, many people saw human cloning as wishful thinking or science fiction, but not as a reality. Now that it is clear the technology for human cloning is possible, people must decide on what side of this controversy they stand. Due to the difficulty in regulating cloning, the created embryos that will be destroyed, and the scientific unknowns, I believe that all human cloning should be banned.
When we speak of human cloning there are two types of cloning. One is research cloning which involves creating human embryos for the stem cells, and the second is reproductive cloning which involves creating a cloned embryo and implanting it into a woman to give birth. Both procedures begin with creating human embryos. Once the embryos are created and available, President Bush says that anything less than a total ban on human cloning would be virtually impossible to enforce (Bush 2).
In research cloning, embryos would be created for the stem cells alone and then destroyed. Basically, there is a human life created, its' stem cells used for research, and then the life terminated. In reproductive cloning, many embryos may be created for a single possible birth, but only the choice embryo would be developed to full term and all the others would be used for research or discarded. When "Dolly", the cloned lamb, was created, there were a total of 277 embryos created that could be used for impregnation, but only one successful birth (MacKinnon 55). The destruction of many cloned beings for the benefit of one life would have devastating ethical implications.
There are still a lot of scientific unknowns involved in human cloning. There are claims that human cloning will bring us cures for diabetes, Parkinson's disease, cancer, and genetic disorders. Perhaps...
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