The first ever-cloned sheep, Dolly born 6 years ago, died from a developing lung disease. Since her birth, she has caused a sensation around the world, sparking controversial ideas of human cloning (Nuland 128). This lead to people questioning whether or not cloning was really a success. Many people fear the idea of cloning because it is new and misunderstood. The main arguments debated pertain to the immorality of restricted individualism, a violation of an individual's sense of uniqueness, and the constriction of independence by the expectations of their "parents?(Strong 186). However, there are also favorable circumstances to cloning such as the improvement in the field of fertility. Parents, who are unable to conceive naturally, could still have a genetically related child (Strong 185). Cloning has also contributed to breakthroughs in defeating fatal diseases. Religion as well has played an important role in the contentious issues of this genetic technology, raising speculation of whether or not research teams are out to play God in order to transform our society into neo-Nazi pure-breeds. The other side of the argument remains upon which people can accept that clones can become different through personal experiences. Therefore, even though there are benefits to cloning, there are many negatives that outweigh the advantageous factors, in the sense that cloning completely violates the clone's autonomy. .
Generally, parents who adopt children have the ability to love them no matter where they came from. However, this concept differs when it is applied to a cloned child because these children "might come to be considered more like products of a designed manufacturing process than gifts?whom their parents are prepared to accept as they are,?(Carlo). Therefore, instead of the usual environment of love and support a normal family has, more pressure would be put on the clone because of the higher expectations that are placed upon them to be comparable with the original child.
