The Ethical Debate Of Human And Animal Cloning

Human and animal cloning is a well-known ethical debate in our era. To clone something is described as to propagate an organism or cell with identical genetic make-up. According to “The Pros and Cons of Human Cloning,” cloning can be described as “the production of genetically identical organisms via somatic cell nuclear transfer”. This article also describes human cloning as “the application of somatic nuclear transfer technology to the creation of human being that shares all of its nuclear genes with the person donating the implanted nucleus”. Cloning can be broken down into different categories such as DNA cloning, gene cloning, reproductive cloning, and therapeutic cloning. The most talked about category of cloning is reproductive cloning resulting from an impressive number of Americans are unable to have children for a variety of reasons. …show more content…
The sea urchin was both a clone and a refutation of a then-current theory. The actual cloning process was not publicized until the 1990s when Dolly the sheep was cloned. Dolly the sheep became famous because she was the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. According to Ether Inglis-Arkell “A somatic cell is a cell that is not formed as part of the fertilization process” (Esther Inglis- Arkell 2). Human cloning is said to “create question[s] about the soul, the role of God in society, and even the quality of life that a cloned person would have” (Pros and Cons of Human Cloning 2016). Although some people may be against cloning the primary benefits to the science of human cloning may cause them to think