Throughout the past century, the United States as well as many other countries
around the world have made astonishing advances in technology. Many of the concepts
and devices that are so common to us today, were once illustrated only in the plots of
science fiction films. Some of these advances are so complex that even the movie
industry lacked the imagination to conjure them up. One of these amazing yet
controversial new concepts is our ability to clone humans.
The issue of cloning is at a height right now, sparking debates between nearly
everyone. Supporters of each side have legitimate facts to back up their argument. It is
easy to see the appeal to cloning when it comes to medical technology, due to the mounds
of benefits it would offer patients. It could increase life expectancy to well over the age
of 100 years through the new stem replacement that is currently being tested. If the
government permits the study and use of this procedure it could cure long-standing
diseases, mend damaged hearts, join severed spinal cords, and heal hearts that were
harmed by strokes or Parkinson's disease. However, if you look at the grander scale of
the process of creating human clones it becomes apparent that this is a new technology
that we should avoid altogether. Due to the risks of deformed embryos, the unethical
process of disposing of the clones when they are no longer of use, and the lack of support
from our population as a whole, it is absolutely necessary that we do not pursue the
The cloning of humans is essentially a bizarre idea. After all, who would want a
genetically identical twin of themselves, born years later, created for the benefit science
out there roaming around? On the flip side, who would want to be nothing more than a
laboratory guinea pig, living a life with no true family, being monitored with little
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