If you have a clone, is he/she your sibling or offspring? In fact, this clone is not your relevant, it is just a clone of you, even the clone has exactly identical genes as you. With the development of technology in Canada, cloning becomes more known by people. Canadian scientists explore clone in order to apply the knowledge to diseases and pathogens, and explore genetic and hybrid information of many species ("Why Is Cloning Important?"). Even cloning has many benefits for human and other species, we wonder is the development of cloning technology ethical for Canadians? While doing the research, I found that there are mainly two types of cloning, which are therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. I am going to explore the positive and
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On this website I found an article called Reproductive Cloning Arguments Pro and Con. It provides information about positive and negative sides of reproductive cloning. I think this source will give some useful information for my question and lead me to further research. In this article the author states that “reproductive cloning will diminish the sense of uniqueness of an individual”(CGS : Reproductive Cloning Arguments Pro and Con). I think reproductive cloning will cause ethical issue as the there will be a duplication of an individual. People will get confused by the clone and they might wonder which one is the original individual. A child might be impacted negatively as there is an identical duplication of him/her. The child might live in the shadow of the duplication, which will impact a child negatively. Also the author mentions that “reproductive cloning could allow parents of a child who lost his/her life to seek a way to redress their loss” (CGS : Reproductive Cloning Arguments Pro and Con). Reproductive cloning has positive sides as well. When people lost their pets or children, they would like to find a way to remember the loss. Therefore, the reproductive cloning could help those people by creating a clone. I start to understand more about reproductive cloning and its pros and cons. Although, this information does not completely answer my question, it provides information about banning reproductive cloning in Canada. I am curious about the reason of banning such helpful technology in
On this website I found an article called Reproductive Cloning Arguments Pro and Con. It provides information about positive and negative sides of reproductive cloning. I think this source will give some useful information for my question and lead me to further research. In this article the author states that “reproductive cloning will diminish the sense of uniqueness of an individual”(CGS : Reproductive Cloning Arguments Pro and Con). I think reproductive cloning will cause ethical issue as the there will be a duplication of an individual. People will get confused by the clone and they might wonder which one is the original individual. A child might be impacted negatively as there is an identical duplication of him/her. The child might live in the shadow of the duplication, which will impact a child negatively. Also the author mentions that “reproductive cloning could allow parents of a child who lost his/her life to seek a way to redress their loss” (CGS : Reproductive Cloning Arguments Pro and Con). Reproductive cloning has positive sides as well. When people lost their pets or children, they would like to find a way to remember the loss. Therefore, the reproductive cloning could help those people by creating a clone. I start to understand more about reproductive cloning and its pros and cons. Although, this information does not completely answer my question, it provides information about banning reproductive cloning in Canada. I am curious about the reason of banning such helpful technology in