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A Case in Favor of Human Cloning

Human cloning has many implications. “Cloning refers to copying genes and other pieces of chromosomes to generate enough identical material for further study”. Many people opposed to cloning argue that it is risky. In this respect, cloning is no different from any other new medical technology. “Research is required in order to quantify and reduce the risk of the procedures involved with any new medical treatments. Doctors have been tinkering with the human body for a long time. They insert pacemakers and artificial joints and heart valves and whole artificial hearts. They do cochlear implants and test-tube babies and they do organ transplants”. All of these procedures were “risky” when they were first begun. But thankfully, researchers continued their work and have saved many lives.
Another argument is that cloning is playing God. This argument assumes that we know God’s intentions. “There is no exact biblical statement on the ethics of human cloning. ...

Posted by: Kelly G Hess

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