Pros And Cons Of Cloning

We live in a world of unceasing technological and scientific advances that have led to the advancement in cloning. Over the past few decades, the moral and ethical issues of cloning have surfaced, remaining in the spotlight ever since. Many different and opposite opinions are present, whether among the members of certain scientific field or among people discussing everyday topics.
Cloning, the result of a genetic copy of parent organism is not a novelty. In fact, it has been present for many years if we are speaking of cloning as a form of asexual reproduction, which occurs in plants. As such, it is not considered immoral and has help us greatly and ensured our survival. In the mid-1990s, more precisely 1996, first mammal, a sheep, was successfully cloned. Due to already mentioned unceasing and fast-pacing scientific advances, many have their reservations when it comes to cloning living beings, mainly us humans. This idea of cloning humans has always stirred debate and raised many issues even though it has never been done.
While some support it, claiming we could benefit greatly from it, other are strongly opposed. I am mainly opposed to …show more content…
As I have already said, it is not natural and it goes against the laws of nature that have been present since the beginnings of time. Technology is advancing way too quickly, making ways to prolong the life that should have naturally ended years ago or should not have existed in the first place. If we start to clone people at this very moment, I believe it would purely be out of selfish reasons from which nobody will benefit. Clones are still not considered to be real living human beings like us. They are perceived only as a tool for experiments and nothing more. We need to thoroughly consider and out-weighing the ups and down, and only then would we be able to use cloning with a purpose and for