The Real Possibilities of Cloning
On February 22, 1999 news was announced that Dolly the lamb was the first successful animal cloned. Unlike the other cloning experiments done over the past 15 years, this was the first successful clone made with an adult cell. The cell was used to activate and program the egg from which Dolly grew. Past clones involved using the cell from a fertilized embryo in the early stages of development. As news of Ian Willmut's cloned lamb got out across the globe, many people feared what they thought could possibly never come true. With the technology to clone identical animals, can humans be cloned too? Since then topic of discussion throughout the scientific world has centered on the cloning of humans. Recently, The University of Texas lab cloned the first headless creatures, headless mice. Since then, headless tadpoles have also been born at The University of Blath. This discovery is even more chilling because it opens up the door to headless humans, for purposes such as organ banks. Headless human production could also be used as a means for testing out new treatments for diseases such as cancer. Controversy is coming up more often considering the morals and ethics of cloning.
Elshtain, Jean Bethke. Current Issues and Enduring Questions: Ewegenics, St. Martin's Cloning (Editorial). CQResearcher, http://library.cp.com/search/, 1998. With all these issues surrounding cloning, it has become a very controversial topic with no correct answer. Is it the right thing to do, or is it going to hurt our nation and take the meaning of humaness away from us? I say that cloning is wrong, and shouldn't be tolerated in America, at least headless human cloning. Why do I think that cloning should be banned? Well, I base my decision on many arguments that cloning is unhealthy for our nation and even possibly dangerous. There is no equal to sheer immortality than the purposeful creation of these animal monsters. I think that with the cloning headless creatures, we would take life for granted because we can always fix ourselves with these spare organs we have waiting aside. Cloning animals for the purpose of food might sound good, but is not worth the problems cloning could possibly bring. "Designer animals" are unethical and dangerous. I agree with Jeremy Rifkin when he says, "Every creature that comes into being ought to have the right to its individual genetic makeup (Rifkin 7)." We should look at the whole spectrum of the cloning subject and not just the positive aspects of it before we leap into a way of life we are not ready for.
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