Cloning Information, cloning ethics

What is Human cloning ? Cloning ethics & human cloning, against human cloning.

A "human clone" is a time-delayed identical twin of another person. A clone is not an exact replica of the original, but just a much younger identical twin. As with identical twins, the clone and the original being will have different set of fingerprints. Ever since Dolly's ( the cloned sheep ) birth in 1997 shocked an unsuspecting world, Governments have been busy trying to prevent the advent of human cloning.

 

Ethics & dangers of Human cloning

There is also the fear that someone would create armies of soldiers or even produce large amounts of workers.  This would create lower class for clones & compromising individualities.

Loss of genetic variation

A “black market” of fetuses could arise from desirable donors that will want to be able to clone themselves, i.e.,  athletes, film stars, scientists and others.

Technology is not fully developed.  It has a low fertility rate.  In cloning Dolly, 277 eggs were used, 30 started to divide, nine induced pregnancy, and only one survived to term (Nash). Clones may be treated as second-class citizens. Human cloning would bring grave risks of abuses to human dignity and exploitation by unscrupulous people.

Unknown psychosocial harms with impacts on the family and society. Many see this as a violation of the uniqueness of a human life, which God has given to each of us and to no one else.

More ethical cloning views :

Ethics & Cloning

Ethical issues are those that ask us to consider the potential moral outcomes of cloning technologies.

  • Who has the right to have children, no matter how they are created?  Who doesn't?  Why?
  • Is human cloning "playing with nature?" If so, how does that compare with other reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization or hormone treatments?
  • Does cloning to create stem cells, also called therapeutic cloning, justify destroying a human embryo? Why, or why not?
  • If a clone originates from an existing person, who is the parent?
  • What are some of the social challenges a cloned child might face?
  • Do the benefits of human cloning outweigh the costs of human dignity?
  • Should cloning research be regulated? How, and by whom?
  
The American Medical Association holds four points of reason why cloning should not take place.  They are: 1) there are unknown physical harms introduced by cloning, 2) unknown psychosocial harms introduced by cloning, including violations of autonomy and privacy, 3) impacts on familial and societal relations, and 4) potential effects on the human gene pool (Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 4-6).  We just simply do not know the harms that will come from cloning.

The Human Fretilisation and Embryology Authroity agrees with the general public impression that to clone human beings would be ethically unacceptable as a matter of principle.

Back to Cloning  Index Page   

  HOMEWORK HELP      Inspiring stories

  HOME

Copyright 2004.Indianchild.com. All rights reserved. No Content from our pages can be used /copied /downloaded for any use/publication/website in whatsoever manner without our written permission. We take action on infringement. Category editors disclaim responsibility for suggestions and recommendations. We are not representing or affiliated with products or sites reviewed.