Such A Lady 
RESEARCH PAPER
Tonica Williams
English 111
Mrs. Hunter
November 3, 2001
Cloning: Playing God
What is cloning? It is most certainly a word everyone should know about. As
especially since a smash hit movie hit the screen “ The 6th Day”. It had a few
impossible things in it that scientists are obviously Inca plebe of accomplishing
Now like being able to clone a grown human being with the same memories before
he or she died. If that could happen, the world will not be a place of love and
freedom. It will definitely be one of more control and hate, with a lot of love gone.
The process sounds simple, but it is more complicated than it seems. It starts with an
egg. The nucleus is then taken out and replaced with a cell from what ever the
scientists want to clone. No sperm is involved. It is then jolted be electricity so it can
divide into the six-cell stage, as if sperm was involved. Finally, the embryo is then
placed in surrogate mother. ( Travis, John p 250)
Now there is always a bad side to things. Jonathan Hill of Cornell University says
“one-third of cloned embryos that are implanted don’t survive even the first month”.
Some of the problems that prevent the clone from making it to birth are large-
offspring syndrome, which is when internal organs ad limbs are abnormally bigger
than the rest of the fetus, and then there is underdevelopment. With all the dead ends
to cloning, scientists and biologists goal is to perfect cloning for one big reason
Human Cloning. ( Travis, John p250)
Human cloning is a big issue due to the dangers in cloning a human being. A meeting
on why human cloning should be band was conduced by Charalyne Hunter-Gault,
Thomas Murray, and President Clinton. Gault asked some very import6ant questions
on cloning, and Murray had a very good answer for all of them. The president pointed
out that human cloning would not be tolerated nor federally funded. For the simple
fact that it is very dangerous and risky to do so because the clone will basically be
tortured before it is born and possibly after due to abnormalities. Thomas Murray is a
member of the National bioethics Advisory Commission and chair of genetics
subcommittee. He explains that human cloning may be start off good but when they
try to use a sell, it will have all the genes but some the genes will be adornment.
When they try to use the same gene the cell may have some that are sleep that may
wake up and cause abnormalities, or ones that need to wake up and does not
therefore causing the child to be at risk. Hunter said there were some ethical reasons
as well. Murray replied that they have asked people what they think about the cloning.
The people replied by saying that the baby will not be one of individuality but a
creation and an invention. The conversation was very detailed and had a lot of
information. The problems that can occur in cloning a human is why the legislation
banned human cloning. It is only for five years, which gives them time to be able to
look at it as the years go by if there is any improvement on the whole thing to consider
funding. Until then there are people trying to make a way to make illegal to try even if
they have the money to do so.
Of course for every action there is a reaction. It is fully understood that people who
are for cloning are the ones who want to participate in the whole idea. The one
against it are mainly church going people. Scientists feel they will one day make a
difference. If they can successfully clone a human the possibilities are endless.
Recreating a loved one, giving someone the opportunity to make a child exactly like
them, and possibly clone important dead people. Church going individuals see they
are changing the meaning of life. Biologist and scientists are taking away from what
God created us for. There are a few ethical reasons why the cloning of humans
should not go on. For one thing, not only is the unborn child at risk but also the
surrogate mothers area at risk of multiple miscarriages, for example the cloning of a
sheep named Dolly finally succeeded after 277 attempts. The scientists would not
positively know if the baby will be aright until it is born, which means the baby will have
to suffer and possibly die. If it does make it to birth it will have to be tested
repeatedly. That is why it is said it will not be child of individuality but an invention a
creation. (Pence, George 40 –45)
National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) points out how it is unethical and
dangerous to clone a human. The group was instructed by President Clinton to
investigate cloning and hold hearings with different groups so they can speak their
opinion on cloning. Just like with the church going people, the people they investigate
feel it is unethical. It is not something that should happen to humans they do not have
problems with the scientists using animals but humans is an unspeakable act. (
Pence, George)
A group formed by gays and lesbians called Cloning Rights United Front are all for
cloning. The founder of ( CRUF), Randolf Wicker feels the government should not
stop people from reproducing their selves. It should be a persons right to do so
because it is out choice and out body. They feel since there is other artificial ways
that may be risky for a child like, in vitro fertilization where the process is similar to
cloning. The egg is taken and physically injected with the sperm. Then put into the
mother of surrogate mother. As it may, they should have the right to clone
themselves. Gays and lesbians already are an outcast of society and people do not
feel it will be a good idea to clone gays because the child will grow up gay. CRUF
does not feel the child will grow up gay or lesbian just because the original is gay. It
should be the peoples right.
There has been on nationally know successful clone named Dolly. It took 277 times
before she was reality. She was born on July 5, 1996 at 5:00 o’clock pm in Rosiln,
Scotland. The creator’s name is Ian Wilmut who worked at the Roslin Institute in
Scotland. It was a ling and tedious process, which opened a new door that started a
new trend to try and clone a human.
With all the proof and evidence of the problems that could happen when trying to
clone a human it is definitely a problem waiting to happen. Not only because of the
risk but also it is not something God will approve of. It is wrong
for a child to be labeled, as an experiment when it grows up and finds out he/she was
an invention.
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