Cloning
With rumours swirling of the scientific possibility of cloning a human life and a religious cult claiming it already has, one has to ask: are we ready to begin cloning? More importantly, do we have the right to recreate human life or "play God," as some people put it. Human cloning is the asexual production of a human being whose genetic makeup is nearly identical to that of a currently or previously existing person.# Since Scottish scientists made history in 1997 by cloning Dolly the sheep, scientists all over the world have been experimenting with cloning. But we now know that the chances of producing a healthy animal are almost non-existent. Cloning also raises many social, ethical and moral issues in opposition to it, which is why countries such as the United States are taking extreme precautions to ensure that it is outlawed. As early as 1993 in Canada, the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies# also argued against cloning. Federal legislation now pending Royal Assent would make this illegal in Canada as well#. In this essay I will look at the ethical as well as the scientific case against human cloning. In 1980, scientists believed cloning was impossible but through movies, television, and novels, clo
"The vital questions surrounding the safety of cloning must be addressed," he says. "I think that thorough testing must be done before scientists actually try non-reproductive cloning," says University of Laval biologist Francois Pothier. Cloning a human being would be like photocopying the Mona Lisa, the smile might be the same, but a work of art, it would not be. The disturbing moral aspects and the strong scientific arguments against cloning lead to the conclusion that a global ban on human cloning is necessary#. In addition, those animals that do survive often suffer from serious abnormalities. Cloned organisms develop a wide array of defects. One must understand that death means forever and that it is the way of all things. Stiff jail sentences should be enforced for anybody who creates a human clone. Imagine: buy one mathematical genius and get a 6'8 basketball player half price. It is not at all hard to believe that in the future, there could be a catalogue with "model babies" that lets a person pick if they want a clone of a track star or a nobel peace prize winner. # Even then, the event of the animal surviving past the prenatal period is highly unlikely. People must learn to deal with death as it is the natural order of life. But the truth is, making this choice would be completely selfish in that the fact remains that the child would still be dead and cannot be replaced. Eventually, they could be mass produced like cheap consumer goods. Many people believe that humans have no right in determining the genetics of a fellow human being.
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