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Alyssa Sharpe
Mr. Davis
Government 2
2 November 2015

The Bill: Human Cloning

Scientists have been studying cloning on both humans and animals for many years, but
there are still many issues that arent resolved through these scientific studies. In 1996, a sheep
named Dolly was the only sheep to be successfully produced out of 277 attempts by scientists by
cloning embryos and then placing them into another female sheep. Cloning has proven to have a
very high failure rate and is wasting our money on studies that are time consuming and arent
getting us anywhere. There are already too many people on Earth, we do not need more of us to
overpopulate the planet even more than it is. Cloning human beings has never been successful
even though scientists have been working on it for decades. This bill should be taken into action
because human cloning violates human ethics, creates health issues, and could start a black
market trade for extra body parts and slaves.
In the United States, people are born with ethics, which are moral rights and wrongs. We
have the right to speak our mind and live the lives we want. However when scientists are trying
to clone human beings, they are attempting to create them for extra body parts and organs for

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hospitals. For a few years, the legalization of human cloning is in the center of global debate,
which was also attended not only scientists but also politicians... For example, American
Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) has spoken out against
cloning, drawing attention that some business people might think of trading a human life
(Ethical Considerations on). These clones would have the same emotions and feelings as normal
humans do, and they should have the right to do what they want otherwise, we will be depriving
them of their ethics. Even if scientists successfully created a human clone, we would only be able
to use them for body parts if they agreed to it. Human rights and ethics are exploited through
cloning humans since they will not be treated like actual human beings; they will be treated as
medical items and supplies (Leon). There is no point in cloning humans if some people who are
already alive would be willing to give up their organs or limbs. Clones will have the same
feelings as us normal humans, most of them will not want to give up their lives to provide for
other people just because they were made for it. ...it is unethical to view a human being-regardless of its age--as a means to an end. Even supporters of embryonic stem cell research and
other embryo research have long been opposed to the "special creation of embryos solely for the
purpose of research (Why Human Cloning). Even researches realize that human cloning
violates human ethics, it takes away the clones rights even though they were purposely made for
the sole purpose of providing supplies. There is no excuse for scientists who ignore the fact of
human ethics; human cloning would only violate those basic human rights in which everyone in
the United States was born with.
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Another problem with human cloning-if successful- would only produce humans with
health problems. Scientists who have started animal cloning have proof that almost all of the

animals produced from cloning have major health defects. Researchers have observed some
adverse health effectsThese include an increase in birth size and a variety of defects in vital
organs, such as the liver, brain and heart (Cloning Fact Sheet). The birth size and defects in
organs affect the clones drastically, making almost all of our research useless. The United States
cannot prevent the missing DNA strands from the embryos that wont divide anymore, which
leads to the health issues in the clones. Human cloning used on a very widespread basis would
have disastrous effect on the human gene pool by reducing genetic diversity and our capacity to
adapt to new conditions (CONS). Since every clone would be the same, there will be no
difference in the genes; which will only create a species that never adapts. If we humans never
adapt, we would easily die out from new diseases or changes in our environment. Even if a
human clone wanted to supply us with body parts, blood or any kind of cells there would be
issues. In cloning, the transferred nucleus doesn't have the same program as a natural embryo. It
is up to the scientist to reprogram the nucleus (What are the). Scientists have been having
problems reprogramming the nucleus to form a more natural embryo; without programming the
nucleus to do this we will never be able to form a normal working nucleus. Human cloning will
only produce human beings that are born with different health defects including the brain, lungs,
heart. The new humans wouldnt be able to adapt to our forever changing environments; making
all of our progress and money investments go to waste.
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Human cloning is a very dangerous concept, if one thing went wrong people all around
the United States could be selling clones as slaves or to be used for extra parts on the black
market. It may also instigate fraud and bad practice as the Black Market gets involved in selling
stolen or defective clones (Kwon). Human clones that would be produced but were rejected by

scientists would be thrown away. In other words they will be kicked to the street and they
would have to go on with their lives as clones. Many people would take advantage of the clones
since they will not be seen as actual human beings but only as tools. These clones will be used
for extra body parts and maybe even slaves to the people who can afford them. But these clones
are also people, so slavery will only just begin again after many years effort of stopping it.
...common arguments against legalising markets in human kidneys is that this would result in
the widespread misuse that is present in the black market becoming more prevalent (Taylor).
Having clones made just for organ transplants, like kidneys, will only increase the amount of
them sold on the black market. The fact that cloned embryos have largely the same DNA as an
existing human being should not distract us from the fact that they are unique human organisms,
by virtue of their organic and developmental unity as living beings. The fact that cloned
embryos have largely the same DNA as an existing human being should not distract us from the
fact that they are new and unique human organisms, by virtue of their organic and developmental
unity as living things (Just What Is). Human cloning strips people of their rights and it is
dangerous to the clones if they are rejected from the laboratories. If the United States banned the
act of cloning human beings, we could prevent black market trades that would include abusing
rejected clones which could save many lives.
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Human cloning has many cons, but there are also pros to the scientific research. One of
the reasons human cloning is important is that it could be used to reverse heart attacks, which
affect 1.5 million people a year. Scientists believe that they may be able to treat heart attack
victims by cloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of the heart that
have been damaged (Smith). If we could successfully perform this, we could be saving millions

of people a year and could be lowering the chances of many other cardiovascular diseases.
Another pro to human cloning is the ability to produce different parts of the human body to save
someones life. Embryonic stem cells can be grown to produce organs or tissues to repair or
replace damaged ones (PROS). If we progressed human cloning research and actually made a
human clone, we could use them to produce organs, skin for burn victims, brain cells, and spinal
cord cells. Doctors could save millions of people just because of the extra body parts that would
be supplied to us from the human clones. Stem cells build, maintain, and repair the body
throughout our lives. Because these are processes that stem cells do naturally, they can be
manipulated to repair damaged or diseased organs and tissues (Why clone). If we could perfect
the act of cloning humans, we could create more stem cells which could increase the likelihood
of more human cloning, fixing bones, organs and other body parts that are vital to life. Its
important for people to look on both sides of things, human cloning could be good or bad; but in
the end you must look at the final outcome. Eventually the tallies come up as human cloning is
better to be shut down and not used because of the low success rate and the cost. Human cloning
is a very vital and an important thing in our lives; it could provide us humans with many
advantages. Although it could produce many things, we have never produced
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a full human clone. Scientists could barely produce an animal clone, which took over two
hundred tries and wasted millions of dollars. Human cloning research requires lots of time and
money for almost nothing. In the end, human cloning should not be further researched because
human cloning violates human ethics, it creates health issues, and it could start a black market
trade for extra body parts and slaves.

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