Throughout history there have been many practices which have at first been looked upon as "wrong" or "unacceptable" for any number of reasons. Some have been medical, such as surgery. Yet others, like x-ray technology for example, have been purely scientific. But as time progressed, these practices become widely accepted, even praised in some cases, by those who had been their greatest foes. In present times we again will see the past repeat itself. The process of cloning humans is now seen as wrong and/or unethical, but in the future, it will be a commonplace occurrence.

Cloning, "The production of duplicate copies of genetic material, cells or entire multicellular living organisms". (Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia) By now, everyone should know that Scottish scientists have successfully cloned a sheep. "They took a cell from a 6-year-old ewe, added it's genes to a hollowed-out egg from another sheep, and placed it in the womb of yet another sheep..." (Bailey, 1) This resulted in the first recorded mammalian cloning success. Immediately, the science community went berserk. "The announcement of the success with the sheep was immediately followed up with the announcement

Once the masses have been presented with all of the facts, approval ratings will double, possibly even triple. There is a vast sea of resources in local libraries, magazines and on the Internet just waiting to be found. If one were willing to take the time to do a small amount of research and keep an open mind, the facts would do the convincing by themselves. All through history, when a new idea came along, it was met with fear and contempt. "So why is the impulse to ban cloning so strong? We must be nostalgic for the middle ages and the inquisition. We still want the state to have the power to enforce good morals on everyone, whether they want it or not." (Bailey, 5) Do we need to continue in the footsteps of 13th century peasants? No. It is ridiculous for us to bury our collective heads in the sand and make brash decisions without first learning about the subject in question. "It is utterly absurd to completely ban a new technological breakthrough just because, initially, it is not perfectly safe." (Vere, 5) Unfortunately, many of the world's top scientists however, cannot speak out on any aspect of the topic for fear of the public and/or media backlash. (Elmer-Dewitt, 3)

In addition, another concern is that without regulation, a very different situation could come about. "Clones could be created to provide spare parts, such as organs that would not be rejected by the predecessor's immune system." (Bailey, 2) The simple response to this scenario is this: Clones would be people. You would have to treat them like people. "You don't forcibly remove organs from one twin to give to the other.

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