The Ethics of Cloning
"We simply cannot stand by and allow humans to be copied. That would be breaking through an ethical barrier that goes far beyond even the barrier of the atomic bomb."Juergen Ruettgers, German Research Minister As we approach the three year marker of the first official clone of a mammal from the tissue of another; the decision whether it was a good idea or not still ponders in the air. Is Dolly really a clone? Should we contemplate cloning humans for medical purposes? Will it ever happen in our lifetime? Who knows the answer to these questions? Scientists speculate that Dolly's cells that she was originated from came from a pregnant sheep, therefore leading to the conclusion that maybe cloning is not exactly possible. It has already been proven that pregnant mammals have fetal cells in there blood, which cloning from a fetal cell has already been accomplished. Since Dolly was supposedly cloned none others have been accomplished since her birth. The definition of clone in Webster's dictionary consists of these words: "An identical replication grown from a single cell of the original." To clone is to produce an exact match which can never be accomplished once taking into effect the soul of an an
"Nigel Cameron, theologian, bio-ethicist, and provost, Trinity International University. Since then the Senate has considered a bill to ban all human cloning. state legislatures are considering bills to put some restrictions on cloning humans. Genesis, 2:21-23 The will of God says that our lives are made of nature and in his eyes we are all the same. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 1998. Leaving the development of this DNA up to the guidance of embryonic development. A replica of another because of pleasure or escaping a difficulty in life (example: Gene representing multiple sclerosis-alteration)is not the will of God. Some theologians testify that the role of God cannot be played by us humans in any circumstances. New York: William Morrow and Company, INC, 1998. In an honest world I as a student at the college level believe that if a parent had the option of seeing their child grow up as a "normal" healthy baby opposed to having some such disease I believe they would choose the more healthier of the two options. Sheep was born in a shed that was said to have an exact duplicate genetic makeup as the tissue she was derived from.
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