English 0373.08
June 24, 2004
Essay #5
Human cloning
Many people have already heard about the first cloned sheep. It
was a breakthrough to the whole world. Many scientists saw the benefits
lying ahead for humankind. With this discovery, the possibility of human
cloning was speculated. Many governments were eager to ban human cloning.

To ban the research “will just push it underground and into unscrupulous
hands” Human cloning and its technology are necessary and should be
continued because the cures to diseases may be found, the infertility
problem may be solved, and more geniuses may be produced.

First, high hopes in developing new cures treatments, and for serious,
and unmet medical needs. Some diseases are inborn and cause permanent
defects on an individual. This suffering may end soon if cloning is
allowed. Parents worried about their child being born deformed can be rest
assured that cloning is actually genetically safer than normal sexual
reproduction because it bypasses the most common form of birth defect
having the wrong number of chromosomes. In Addition, hundreds of people die
all over the world, because it is impossible to find a transplant donor wit
matching tissue. Human cloning would solve the problem of finding a
transplant donor whose organ or tissue is an acceptable match and would
eliminate or drastically reduce the risk of transplant rejection from the
host. The benefits of human cloning and its technology are necessary and
should be continue.

Secondly, In vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, embryo
manipulation, surrogate motherhood, and more were once strongly opposed to
but we have grown accustomed to them and have accepted them as forms of
reproduction. Cloning is oneofmanyhigh-technologymethodsof
reproduction. For example, those who are attracted to the ideaof
“selective breeding” will prefer cloning because it involves a smaller
genetic gamble than does a combination of sperm and egg of even highly
desirable strangers. In addition, it is a chance for some people to have
what they thought they never could have, a child of their own. Banning
human cloning is an equivalent to disallowing life. Cloning technology,
once perfected, will allow the conceiving of a genetically related child
using any cell from the body. Another example, Cloning will give to
infertile or homosexual couple a chance to have a biological child.

Therefore, we should continue the research on human cloning and not ban it
so quickly.

Finally, Clones will have their own soul and identity like any other
human being. They will be a distinct individual not a replica of another
person. Each clone would be like an identical twin, very similar in
intelligence, manners, and alike. The clone will never be a duplicate in
personality. The importance of the environment with respect toany
individual is a major factor affecting one’s behavior and character. Genes
are another essential factor, which greatly affect an individual. For
example, social identity and social ties of relationship and responsibility
are widely connected. Many people still think that cloning Hitler will also
mean repeating what he did. Scientists reassure to the public that this is
not possible, as for such historical events to be repeated, all the
circumstances that allowed Hitler to be what he was would have been
repeated as well. If Hitler was cloned and brought up in a well-to-do,
happy family which he enjoyed being in, this clone will not follow the
footsteps Hitler as his background is no longer the same. However, he might
become one who can speak incredibly well and eventually become a well-
respected leader. Still, human cloning and its technology have their
benefits and research work should be continued.

In conclusion, many terminally ill patients in hospitals are waiting
for a solution to end their suffering. Leukemia patients need a healthy
bone marrow that matches their bodies, or they will die. AIDS and other
diseases are still incurable. Many doctors and scientists see cloning as a
very conceivable way of solving these problems and freeing these suffering
people soon. All research and technology will someday cure diseases,
prevent the deaths of people who wait unceasingly for an organ for
transplant, give hope to people who otherwise cannot have their own child,
and allow more people with extraordinary traits to be born into this world.

Thus, the continuation of human cloning and its technology are major
benefits to the human race. Human cloning is a possibility in playing a big
role in our future.