Human Cloning

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The paper explains that cloning does not mean copying someone to produce an exact duplicate of that person and then takes a look at the three types of cloning. The paper discusses this controversial issue and is of the opinion that without sufficient information and with the strong moral and ethical questions still unanswered, cloning should not be allowed in the country until specific, detailed and concrete data is available.

From the Paper:

"When people hear about the term cloning, the first thing that may come to mind is Dolly the Scottish sheep successfully cloned at the Roslin Institute, Scotland in 2003. Now when one gets into "human cloning" the younger generation would relate to the 2005 blockbuster movie The Island starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2002 sci-fi thriller The Sixth Day. Both movies bear the theme of human cloning in the "photocopying" sense of scheme. This simply means that a human being gets a copy of himself as it is. For The Island, clones are made for rich and powerful people that in the event of their contracting diseases they can harvest the healthy organs of their clones or "products.""

Sample of Sources Used:

• Johnson, Judith A. Human Cloning. 10 March 2003. 22 April 2007. <http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/tech/biotech/rl31358.pdf>.
• National Conference of State Legislatures. State Human Cloning Laws. 18 April 2006. 22 April 2007. <http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/genetics/rt-shcl.htm>.
• Pence, Gregory E. The Top Ten Myths about Human Cloning. 2002. 22 April 2007 <http://www.humancloning.org/myths.php>.
• Robinson, Bruce A. Reproductive and Therapeutic Cloning. 09 January 2007. 22 April 2007. <http://www.religioustolerance.org/cloning.htm>.
• Smith, Simon. All the Reasons to Clone Human Beings. 2002. 22 April 2007 <http://www.humancloning.org/allthe.php>.

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