Cloning

s. Any attempts to clone a human with today's technology would almost always produce a child with some sort of defect, whether major or minor. "Many [cloned animal] newborns have poorly developed lungs. And cattle have been born with deformed heads" (Boyce 42). Scientists say that they see some sort of genetic problem almost every time they clone and they do not know what is wrong with the cloning process, or why the clones are not normal. "While arguments over the ethics of human cloning have dominated [debates,] these scientists say the real issue is the likelihood that clones would have genetic abnormalities that could be fatal, or subtle but devastating" (Kolata 1). Some animals appear to be normal, but may in fact have brain development problems that are not apparent because they are not sophisticated enough to demonstrate them. " 'Just before Christmas, we had a cloned lamb that was perfectly formed,' said Ian Wilmut, co-creator of Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from a single adult cell. But the lamb could not stop hyperventilating, and after a few days it was euthanized. An autopsy revealed malformed arteries leading to the lungs" (quoted in Weiss A 1). This would also be true in human clones, leading scientists to wonder what would be done with the human clones (Kolata 1). !!!!!!!!!!You can dispose of these animals, but tell me, what would you do with abnormal !!!!!!!!!!humans? . . . You would probably keep them alive with medical intervention, and !!!!!!!!!!they'll probably be miserable; and even the ones that look normal probably won't !!!!!!!!!!be. It's an outrageous criminal enterprise to even attempt" (quoted in Weiss A 1).
             Another reason why all cloning should be made completely illegal is the fact that the cloning technology is far from perfected. "It's a wonder [cloning] works at all" (Kolata 1). One reason clonin...

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