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Cloning

Cloning

In 1997, two scientists, Dr. Ian Wilmut and Dr. Keith Campbell, shocked the world by creating the first cloned sheep, Dolly. Some scientists gave Wilmut and Campbell standing ovations for their success. Others were appalled and suggested, “it was a gross overreach of man’s desire to control life.” Although cloning human organs could save the lives of thousands of people, cloning humans would be highly immoral and unethical. This is because of the high risk of the medical defects, the responsibilities and the high price of cloning a human life. Therefore, human cloning should not be practiced and should be illegal.
When a human is successfully cloned it will be a major medical breakthrough. But the high risks factors are so
great it seems impossible to achieve. Dr. Ian Wilmut and Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch clearly warns others of the dangers related to human cloning. In the March issue of Science they write, “cloning animals is still a highly imperfect pr...

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