E.+Persuasive+Research+Essay

A clone is an identical copy of a plant or animal, produced from the genetic material of a single organism (“Cloning”). The action of cloning a human is somewhat possible; however, it is an exact science and mostly ends terribly. Since the scientific advancement of human cloning is still not perfect, there is extra error in human cloning, so it is highly unethical, and even if the cloning a person was successful the person would be treated differently; therefore, human cloning should not be allowed. Humans should not be created from science. People should be created when there is an intimate bond between two people, otherwise known as marriage, not when a single person decides they want another one of themselves around. ” Cloning is a process with a low rate of success; hundreds of experiments are needed to clone a single animal. Furthermore, in cloned animals, higher rates of malformations and genetic disease, as well as signs of early aging have been observed. For example, Dolly died prematurely (“Human”).” When a mutated or diseased person is created they are probably going to be killed. This would enrage many anti-abortionists.

The cloning of a person is highly unethical. The clone is barely ever created correctly and ends up being a mutant most of the time. When the mutants are made they are probably killed, as stated before. Human beings should not be killed because an individual tried to play God and failed (“Clone”). There is no reason that it is necessary to make a person identical to another being. That makes their life difficult, if they are even created right.

When a person is identical to another being everyone will know, therefore clones would be treated different on a social level. There already are people in the world who have trouble being their own person due to the media and pressures of life. Imagine that a child is born and they are a clone of another individual, their whole life predestined. They would know they are a clone but they would have a lot of trouble trying to be their own person. This would cause them to end up with a large variety psychological problems. “If clones were either superior or inferior to non-clones, it would likely cause divisions between the two groups (“Turner”).”

Some say that cloning is a positive advancement for individuals who are infertile because it can help them create offspring. That would be the wrong thing to do. There are already over a hundred million orphaned children that they could adopt instead of wasting time, money, and stem cells to create their child. Human cloning will only lead to more problems than solutions. Human cloning is highly unethical because clones would be treated different on a social level and science is not advanced enough yet to support the cloning of a complex human body. The cloning of a human being should be made illegal. Go out and make sure that happens now.

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