Argument against Cloning

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer discusses that ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996, cloning has been a controversial issue in contemporary medical ethics and biomedical research. The writer notes that cloning has many advocates, as it seems to offer the prospect of cures for diseases and illnesses that are currently incurable. However, the writer points out that it also has vociferous opponents, many of whom believe that scientists have no business interfering with sacred human life processes and beliefs. The writer maintains that the media furor generated by this admission highlights the importance of this issue. Moreover, the writer discusses that there is the ongoing problem that few scientific successes have been achieved in cloning. It remains unknown whether cloning will be utilized to cure diseases in our lifetime. This essay attempts to find the facts beneath the sensationalism, and argues that cloning is undesirable.

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Introduction
Background Information
Therapeutic Cloning
Reproductive Cloning
Benefits of Cloning
The Potential Benefits of Therapeutic Cloning
Limitations of Therapeutic Cloning
Limitations of Reproductive Cloning
The Arguments against Cloning
Arguments against Therapeutic Cloning
Arguments against Reproductive Cloning
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"As mentioned above, the first reported successful clone was that of Dolly the sheep. This was an example of reproductive cloning, in which an embryo is created in order to grow it into a replica of the creature from which it is cloned. This is the most controversial application, as it involves creating life - and potentially, even creating human life. The process is the same as the beginning stages of therapeutic cloning, described above. However, instead of killing the embryo by harvesting stem cells, scientists allow it to continue growing, and then implant it into a womb. In the rare cases when this is successful, the embryo then grows to term and is born - an exact, new-born copy of the donor from whom the nucleus was taken."

Sample of Sources Used:

• AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). August 2004. AAAS Policy Brief: Stem Cell Research. Retrieved from web site: http://www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/briefs/stemcells/index.shtml
• Bay, Michael. (Director). 2005. The Island. Dream Works Pictures.
• BBC News. 1997: Dolly the sheep is cloned. Retrieved from web site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22/newsid_4245000/4245877.stm.
• Cibelli, Jose, Robert P. Lanza, Keith H.S. Campbell, and Michael D. West. 2002. Principles of cloning. San Diego: Academic Press.
• Coghlan, Andy. Sept. 22nd, 2003. Ban cloning babies, demand world's top scientists. New scientist online news. Retrieved from website: http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/cloning/ cloning.jsp?id=ns99994186.

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