Human Cloning
The ability to reproduce human beings without sexual reproduction is no longer only an idea to be explored in sci-fi movies and books. After over forty years of research and development, human cloning is quickly becoming a reality. Cloning captured the public's attention when Scottish scientists startled the world in July of 1996 when they announced the birth of a sheep named Dolly. The scientists cloned Dolly from the nucleus of an adult mammary cell and a sheep egg. Ever since that miraculous event occurred, people have been pondering the possibility of cloning humans. What would a clone be like? The person and the clone of the person share the same genetic structure, which means the clone will look the exact same as the original. Their physical nature would be nearly identical but what about their personality? Many feel that human cloning should be illegal because it is a way for scientists to play god, but there are others who think cloning needs to be legalized to help save lives.The extent to which human cloning should be restricted has been of major concern for legislators and researchers as well as for society as a whole. At what point does the development of a human embryo
Many question why there is need to clone human embryos. There are many legitimate reasons for investigating cloning. Embryologists believe that the research could help improve the lives of further generations. Cancer research is possibly the most important reason for embryo cloning. Oncologists believe that embryonic study will advance the understanding of the rapid growth of cancer cells. Cancer cells develop at approximately the same phenomenal rate as the embryonic cells do. By researching the embryonic cell growth, scientists may be able to determine how to stop it, and consequently stop cancer growth in turn. Doctors hope that by being able to study the multiple embryos developed through cloning, they can determine what causes spontaneous abortions. "Contraceptive specialists also believe that if they can determine how an embryo knows where to implant itself, then they can develop a contraceptive that would prevent embryos from implanting in the uterus (Watson 66)." Cloning "is just another tool that will make it possible for some infertile couples to have the biological child they could not otherwise have, and will enable some not-infertile parents to better satisfy their reproductive preferences as well (Bostrom 1)." Internationally there have been laws passed similar to the laws passed in the state legislations of California and Rhode Island. The State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament has already proposed a bill, which would put a five-year ban on human cloning, and would prohibit imports or exports of clone human embryos. However, this bill would not prohibit the cloning of animals or other organism. Many lawmakers believe that this five-year ban, which was proposed in November 2001, on human would help take a balanced decision on social practicality as well as ethical acceptability of human cloning. At the same time, the bill that has been proposed by Russia's State Duma would not close access to the development and mastering of new cloning technologies for medicine and veterinary sciences. Israel passed a similar law in 1998 to ban human cloning for the next five years to allow time for an advisory committee to examine the moral and social issues involved. In January 1998, the C
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