Human Cloning is Murder

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Human Cloning is Murder

Think of walking down the street in thirty years and running into an exact replica of yourself. Is it your twin? No, you don't have a twin; it is your clone. Your biological makeup could have been cloned as an embryo and raised separately as an experiment. Cloning has been going on without much controversy for years. But, ever since the successful cloning in Scotland of the Finn Dorset sheep, Dolly on July 5, 1996, the subject has been one of much debate. Should we or should we not continue to clone animals, and eventually humans?

The two most popular views are almost obvious; those who believe cloning should be pursued and encouraged, and those who believe that humans should not seek to clone themselves because they feel that is wrong. The two sides are there, but in between lies a large gray area of ethical and moral dilemmas. Questions such as, “Should we clone humans for the human organs they could provide (kind of use them as human 'cattle')?" “Should we draw a line as to the limit of human cloning, if so, where?" and others quickly arise in discussions on human cloning. So, although in essence there are only two major viewpoints, the area dividing them is not clear and contains a dense gray area clouded with ethical and moral dilemmas.

It all started out by curiosity and built itself into a geneticist's way to replicate various genetic materials such as gene segments and cells. When it was discovered that the cells could be reproduced, it eventually led them to think that just maybe a whole organism could be cloned. They worked up to larger and larger organisms and finally Dolly arrived. She was made through a cloning process that generally takes a fair amount ...

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