Should Cloning be Legalized in Humans?

In 1996, Scottish scientist Ian Wilmot and his research team was able to successfully clone a lamb named Dolly from an adult sheep. This invention shocked all of the world at the realization that cloning was no longer a fantasy or an element of a Science Fiction movie. Since then, human cloning has become one of the most debated topics in the world. Everyone started to discuss about its advantages or the ethical issues of human cloning. Most of the people were against it and called it an ‘evil’ experiment. In several recent polls by Cable News Network (CNN) and TIME magazine (The Ethics of Cloning, 1998), it was shown that seventy five percent of the responding population thought that cloning was not a good thing. Furthermore, three quarters of the respondents believed that cloning was against God’s will, and when they were asked that if they are given the opportunity to clone themselves, only seven percent of the people said that they would allow it. However, when asked to define human cloning, an estimated ninety five percent of them could not describe it correctly. Although many people believe that cloning is against the will of God and it is immoral and unethical to clone human beings for both religious and humanitarian reasons, however, human cloning can have many benefits for the human race in terms of helping infertile couples and people with genetic problems. In addition, it can be really helpful for the people who suffer from diseases such as kidney and liver defects or cancer. It can also be used to develop ‘spare parts’ of the human body to be used for organ transplants.

Before going into the advantages of human cloning, one should know what the process involves. Many of the people say that it is the creation of anothe...

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...ill him for spreading miss-conceptions. The fact is that, most people are usually afraid at first of the new inventions and change. For example, one of the new techniques which came with progression of genetic engineering is called ‘test tube babies’, which involves giving birth to a child through artificial means outside the mother’s body. At first people stood up against it as it was against their morals and ethics but with the passage of time they realized its importance and advantages. As this was also a new concept, people were afraid of its consequences. It is the responsibility of the people to gather knowledge and know every aspect of the situation before raising a voice against it. They should now that new inventions are made for them as they make life easier. Therefore, human cloning, as another new helpful technology, should be embraced instead of feared.