The Present and Future from Human Cloning

Is the cost of a life worth that of a loved one?

Human cloning is a topic that has existed since the 1970’s when Dr. John Gurdon cloned a frog. From cloning a frog in 1970 to cloning a sheep in 1997, the technological advances in cloning have exponentially increased. The concept of human cloning is to retrieve the DNA of a human and place it into the embryo of a woman and the child born 9 months later would be a replica of the original person. This technique would be useful if a person need plasma, blood, or possible organs. To attempt to transplant baby organs to an adult however; the baby would have to grow into an adult. So instead of raising clones to be killed for the original human, scientists have thought about trying to copy human organs. By using DNA of a person’s organs they could then make a copy of it before it was ill and transplant it into the patient, this is the more reasonable thing to do. The two sides of human cloning is the side who believes that human cloning is morally, ethically, and religiously wrong and the side that believes that cloning could save countless lives and bring happiness to countless families. As a logical person I do see the possible benefits of human cloning but I believe that the results of cloning a single human would horrible disturb our already shaky way of life.

The capabilities of cloning a human are endless and can help countless amounts of people. Human cloning can used to advance not only the life spans of patients, make new life, and advance the medical field. As stated earlier a clone of a person could be made and used as cattle for organs for the original. With that in mind, it would require the medical field to condone murder, which it cannot do.

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... and is waiting to be raised. The chances of the cloning even being successful as horribly low because “90% of the embryos never implant or die before or soon after birth” (Gibbs). Finally, the severe impacts on our economy due to increased population would result in more financial debts and increased natural disasters from the speeding of global warming. It would be in the best interest of the human race as a whole to not clone anyone and look for alternatives.

Works Cited

Charles Q. Choi. “Cloning of a Human” Scientific American. Jun 2010. Vol. 302 Issue 6. p36-38. web. 4 Apr. 2011

Gibbs, Nancy. “Abducting the Cloning Debate” Time. Jan 2003. vol. 161 issue 2. p46. web. 4 Apr. 2011

Smith, Shannon H. “Ignorance is Not Bliss: Why a Ban on Human Cloning is Unacceptable” Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine. Summer 1999. Vol. 9 issue 2. p311. web. 4 Apr. 2011