This article informs us on how one of Britain's leading academic institutions has supported calls for a worldwide ban on human reproductive cloning. They endorsed a statement to the United Nations urging them to agree on a convention, which states that countries should not permit the creation of duplicate humans. The plan is to try and put pressure on all governments so they would ban human reproductive cloning. It makes a point not to ban therapeutic cloning, which is the production of embryos for research in treating diseases. Members of the Inter-Academy Panel (IAP) on international issues will present the statement on September 29th about having an International Convention Against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings. An Ad Hoc committee of the United Nations is looking into the feasibility of having the convention. However, they have concerns on such a ban, especially whether it should apply to research and therapeutic cloning. The author clearly states there side of the argument repeatedly . The president of the royal society, Lord May of Oxford, said "as scientists and citizens we need to ensure that technology is not misused." ().
My personal opinion is much the same as the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee. If we let it get out of hand it could come back and bite us in the butt. There are many ethical, legal and social implications that need to be addressed regarding reproductive cloning. Carelessness on the part of the scientists would affect the scientific community worldwide. Research indicates that human cloning is a threat to the health of both mother and child. () Animal studies on reproductive cloning show an extremely elevated incidence of fetal disorders, spontaneous abortions, and malformation and death among newborns.() This is why I agree with part of the article and think that it would be careless and unethical to clone human beings. It seems incredibly unfair to use people as "guinea pigs" for something that has so many problems, or even animals for that matter.
Is cloning legal? ... What is cloning? ... Cloning 3 Now that we have established the scientific basis of cloning, let me tell you how cloning can directly benefit humanity. ... To clone or not to clone is not the question. Cloning is the future. ...
We have also heard about three cloned cows. What about human clones? ... The cloning revolution now leads us an ethical issue about human cloning. ... Cloning technology can help remove disease from a clone when the original suffered from disease. ... More likely a human clone will attract world-wide attention, especially the very first clone. ...
Cloning In the past few years, the topic of cloning has been in the news a lot. ... In order for cloning to take place, all genes must be active. ... Cloning could also revolutionize the field of organ transplant. Organs and bone marrow could be cloned and used for transplant. ... Drawbacks There are also many reasons not to clone. ...
The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? Probably a movie they have seen before, like The Sixth Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a man who is cloned without his knowledge. The clone takes over his life. This is just one fear that people have. But t...
In today's society cloning is one of the most talked about and controversial issues. There are numerous people that oppose cloning while on the other hand there are people who are for cloning. People who are against cloning bring up points of morality and religion. ... Among all of this controversy, there are benefits to cloning. ... According to the article "Human Cloning" by D. ...
Firstly, "Human cloning is a form of cloning which is designed to result in a copy of a human being," this means that the procedures that human cloning contains is specifically designed to result in an exact copy of the human being cloned. ... "Human cloning creates questions about the soul, the role of God in society, and even the quality of life that a cloned person may have." The disadvantages of human cloning are undoubtedly clear. ... "One of the most noticeable is that the cloned child will have exactly the same medical history as their parent clone's." ... Ther...
This paper is not meant to be a history lesson in cloning or to explain all the scientific terms that are related to cloning. ... Identical siblings constitute a clone. ... Dolly was a sheep and the first cloned mammal. ... One patient has a clone and all that needs to be done is remove the clone liver and place it in his/her body. ... Before cloning the term used was eugenics. ...
There are three different types of cloning. ... Next there is Adult DNA cloning; this is the most common type of cloning that is thought of because it shows a clone that was made from another living organism and looks exactly the same("Human" 1). ... There are many questions when it comes to cloning and the ethics of cloning. ... More importantly, who will get cloned? ... Most people scared of cloning encourage the study of cloning but do not like the idea of actually cloning humans, which is understandable (Stanley 37). ...
There are three types of cloning methods the first is Embryo cloning. The second is reproductive cloning and the third is therapeutic cloning. ... Therapeutic cloning is a process in which the initial stages are identical to adult DNA cloning. ... (Cloning process) The rapid development of the technology for cloning has led to moral debates around the world on whether or not to ban creating human clones. ... Another argument for cloning is that individuals with characteristics can be cloned as substitutes. ...