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The Complications of Cloning

“I'm against society imposing rules on individuals for how they want to use genetic knowledge. We're too multi-cultural to say we know how other people should behave. The state should stay out of genetics.” According to Nobel Prize winner James Watson, the unraveler of the double helix structure of DNA, restrictions should not be placed upon genetics and the cloning process. The world is currently divided over the legality and morality of cloning as several prominent scientists, such as James Watson, promote experimentation in the field of genetics whereas others adamantly oppose such research. Today, both proponents and protesters of human cloning have numerous reasons to support their views. In recent months, a group name the Raelians claimed that they had cloned the first human baby despite the lack of biological evidence; in fact, this group claims to have clones 5 babies in recent months. Such an incredible claim could alter science and human evolution if true, but the Ra...

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