So I hooked up my old computer and started digging through some of my old files, and came across this gem of an essay written back in Grade 9 for my Science class. The file name was, no joke, The Moral Issues of Cancer. It's worth the read trust me.
The Moral Issues on Cloning
Cloning, is it morally right, or against religion? It has been argued over for many years now. The Catholic Church has called cloning tampering with gods way and refuses to accept it. Although human cloning has not been completed yet, Scientist's are still making attempts to clone people. I believe cloning should be allowed if it does what all the researchers say it is going too. For example: help infertile parents have kids, and help the medical world as well, some people claim it can even solve the problem of cancer! Another reason I think cloning should be allowed is because when you actually see the process of cloning you realize that it really isn't that much different from an actual normal reproduction. If cloning can help people so much why not try and do it?
Should parents be told they can't have kids? As of now there are many ways infertile parents can still have kids. Problems of the passed like erectile difficulties and menopause are things of the passed. These problems have been around for as long as I can remember. With cloning there are many new ways infertile parents can have a baby. Unfortunately though, only about half of the people who go into clinics get a baby. Even though there are more than 18 different ways currently to make a baby, cloning would certainly raise the odds of people getting a baby just for themselves. Many people would argue that "it is messing with gods way." And in a way it sort of is, but the truth is many nice people are affected by this disease. If the parents are happy with there new baby is that morally wrong?
Cloning in the medical world has almost boundless limits. Cloning could be used to save ones life. Maybe by cloning a heart or a liver for a sick person in need. Transplants would be much easier and quicker because instead of looking for a donor they could just clone an organ that is ready for use. Many researchers say that cloning could help with many other disease too like cancer and spinal cord injuries. The growth of misshapen cells could very possibly be stopped right at the source. Which could mean happier healthier babies. Some people say that even Leukemia could be cured with cloning. With all these health related benefits, why say no to cloning?
When people think of cloning they think of a mad scientist working in a laboratory and making up whatever creation they want, just like that, but the truth is cloning requires much more. In some cases it needs up to 5 people to make a successful clone! When a scientist is cloning he need at least: an enucleated cell, sperm, and a fertilized cell. As you can see all these things come from people. In the movie Multiplicity Michael Keaton goes down to a medical center and clones himself three times. Each has three different personalities and all are cloned very easily. I believe this movie has mislead many people because when something is cloned, it ends up being born the same way you and I were. Cloning is all about altering the building blocks of life... cells. When you clone you must go through the normal stages of pregnancy, (ex birth childhood etc.) There is no way that they would look all like you either. Since the egg or sperm cell has to be donated from another person. As you can see, cloning isn't as terrible or as easy as many think it to be. Maybe if people learned all the facts on cloning they would think differently.
In the end, I believe cloning is a worthwhile area for science to pursue. The benefits of cloning seem much greater than the negatives. I cannot make the decision for you though. So I must ask, cloning, is it morally right or against religion?
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