"Clone is derived from the Greek word klon, meaning, 'twig'". There are several definitions for cloning. The Greeks comprehended that if one twig (branch) broke off some species of trees and planted it, it would result a copy of the tress. Defining cloning, in animals, is "to make a genetic copy or set of copies of an organism" which is somewhat similar to which the Greeks had defined it as (MacKinnon 17). There are several forms of cloning: Embryo cloning, Adult DNA cloning by nuclear transfer of somatic cell, and Therapeutic cloning (used for curing diseases) (SOURCE). We must use cloning carefully and make sure that this new technology is used wisely and only for therapeutic reasons and not otherwise. Cloning has become one of the most controversial issues in the world. There are moral and ethical, economical, social, and political reasons why human cloning should be banned. Human cloning is risky, expensive, unethical, and there is a possibility that the clones produced by such a technique may be seen as social outcasts leading to social problems.
             What is Cloning? Cloning, in general, is kind of asexual reproduction meaning producing individuals (offspring) that are genetically identical to their parents (MacKinnon 17). How can Cloning be performed? Sperms and eggs are manipulated to produce a human being in laboratory, in vitro, rather than in the natural way. A child can be produced from frozen donor eggs and sperm, gestated in surrogated mother, and raised by people who are neither the genetic or gestated parents. A clone possesses genetic material (such as DNA) from only one parent through nuclear transfer. In comparison to a clone, naturally produced child has genetic material from both parents, half from male (sperm) and other from female (egg).
             Why is cloning considered unethical and risky? On February 24th 1997, every newspaper front-page story headlined about a lamb name "Dolly"...