Should human reproductive cloning be banned and punishments leveled against it?

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  • Yes, I agree cloning should be banned and have punishments leveled against it, because it is not our place to play God.

    Cloning shouldn't be allowed because we're not God. He's the creator, not us. Who gave us the right to create another life form? People could use cloning for bad reasons. What good will come from it? Something made by man will never be like something made by the creator. They should not allow this because, basically, you're saying we don't need God.

    Yes UnwrittenBurl49

  • Of course cloning should be banned; it's extremely frightening how such a practice could be abused.

    Creating human life through cloning is something people are certainly not intended to do. Cloning will certainly lead to many problems. Imagining if that sort of technology got into the hands of any terrorists is terrifying! They could do so much evil with that. I cannot think of any circumstances when it would be beneficial to clone another person. Cloning small cells for the sake of research and surgery is another story, but cloning people is a most definite no!

    Yes DizzyCasey

  • Yes, human cloning should be banned and the cloners punished, because cloning contradicts our morals.

    No human being should ever be allowed to clone another human being. We have men sleeping with men, as it is. So, if we allow scientists to clone, then there will be no need to have the two sexes. Our morals will forever be corrupted if cloning exists. Should human beings be allowed to do such a thing, there will be no limit on what we can create. While having no limits on human creativity is good, it is our responsibility to have guidance in what we do. Humans are faulty in nature, and can do some unintended damage to the human race.

    Yes JaggedGiuseppe

  • Yes, human reproductive cloning should be banned, and any attempts to break this law punished, because it could lead to unforeseen side effects.

    Very little is known about the long term effects of cloning, even in animals. Not just in the cloned animals' lifespan, but in future generations of offspring that clone might produce. Even if cloned humans worked right now, we have no idea how they would work in the long term, without subjecting human lives to testing. Once the cloned genes are out in the gene pool, there would be no getting them back, and there is no idea what kind of mutations or defects they might include.

    Yes H_Baird

  • I strongly agree that reproductive cloning should be banned and punishable by law. There is only one thing that I believed only God has the ability to create.

    I am not in favor of whatever type or form of cloning it is against in my policy of life. I believe in the creation of God and I believed that He is the only sole creator of the entire human being. No cloning or any science manipulation can twist of what I believed in.

    Yes H4miJame

  • Absolutely, there enough people in the world already. And humanity is quite good at reproducing without help.

    Any argument made for cloning is made with an underlying principle of either deceit or evil. The best justification for creating a clone of human is merely just to see if we can. That is not a good enough reason to create a life. The opposing arguments, including human organ harvesting and creating a genetically identical pool for scientific experiments are evil at their core.

    Yes SpoiledKris

  • Cloning should not be allowed? what are we? god?

    Cloning should not be allowed under any circumstances, cloning is just playing god. Cloning is indeed a great advance in history of science, but cloning is just like playing to be god, where are our values as Americans? Our values as Americans with this kind of thing just goes down and yes it should be punished with jail.

    Yes R0535Burna

  • I support banning human reproductive cloning which may have negative social impact.

    Cloning humans for any reason should not be encouraged. It may have a multitude of impacts on the society, and this may also create social unrest as well. It also gives provides possibilities for increased criminal activities. Moreover, cloning is fairly new concept, and we are still not aware what will be the long-term consequences along the generations. I believe human reproductive cloning should be banned and well controlled.

    Yes SaroM0vi3

  • Cloning of humans is completely unethical and should be banned.

    The practice of cloning humans in no way should be legal, and should be punishable. Man has no right to play God, and should leave this alone. Aside from Hollywood movies, the imagination can really run wild as to what could possible go wrong here. Armies of clones, malfunctioning clone maids, or worse, all could in theory become reality.

    Yes 5h035Bow

  • Human reproductive cloning should be banned and punishments leveled against it because it has not proven to be safe.

    Human reproductive cloning should be banned and punishments leveled against it because it has not proven to be safe. Human life should not be trifled with and successful higher mammal cloning hasn't happened too often. For people playing god until it's been safely worked out, there should be punishments because the damage they could do would outweigh the science.

    Yes H0bi3Invader

  • Human cloning should be banned because human life should only come from a mother and father.

    It is best to stay out of the business of cloning human beings because who is to say that clones are human. Is there a hierarchy established? Will they have the same rights as humans that were birthed? Who is doing the cloning? What kind of genetic mutations will be done to the person. Is the clone only good for medical reasons? There are a lot variable and our society should not let this happen as a lot of questions that need to be answered may be left unanswered and human clones may not be treated as an equal human being because they were formed in a lab with specific scientific purpose.

    Yes R3ubHockey
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  • I oppose the outright banning of human reproductive cloning, due to potential benefits that it could provide.

    There have been many examples of important results and knowledge gained from research into the cloning of animals. Cloning trials on mice have identified a number of gene sequences responsible for cancer, lymphoma and a number of other fatal diseases. It is reasonable to assume that research performed in the same manner upon human genes would bring even greater results. There does, of course, need to be a measured approach, and I believe regulations, both legal and ethical, need to be put in place. However, outright bans on the research will only hurt our knowledge, as a species.

    No jaanekyon

  • Human reproductive cloning should be used in order to find cures that have been previously undiscovered.

    Even though it seems like it could be science fiction, I think that there needs to be an open field for human reproduction cloning. Sure, there are ethical points to be made, yet I think human reproductive cloning will disclose a lot of currently closed links to genes and cures for diseases.

    No PointlessElbert47

  • There are many potential scientific benefits to human reproductive cloning, so, therefore, it should not be banned.

    Human reproductive cloning is sometimes seen as somewhat unethical, but its use has many scientific benefits. It is not something that should be used to clone oneself, but, if they can isolate genes that affect thinking and feeling, then clones could be harvested for medical information. It would also expedite disease recovery, as they could test potential medicines on these clones without FDA approval.

    No MuteNeal88

  • No, because there's no good reason for an outright ban, as opposed to regulation.

    Regulation is one thing, since we have to answer questions about the possible rights of clones. And also to prevent the exploitation of economically vulnerable people, who might be used in unethical ways by those hawking new genetic technologies. And regulation is also needed to prevent discrimination against people with unlucky genetics. But an outright ban is excessive, because science and progress demand an open mind.

    No M4I4cFeIine

  • What we need to do at this very momen is to at least respond to the needs of the time whatever ethical complains are there as long as impose these things for the survival and preservation of every human individual.

    Though we say that cloning is very unlawful and dehumanizing in the eyes of God, the decision is still in us and that decision is to legalize cloning, given the fact that its not always on the negative aspects. We are humans and we need to admit that we have our never-ending curiosity, and the existence of cloning is just a part of our curiosity, we have started it, we finish it! we just have to ready with the fall outs, but human as we are we tend to be imperfect...but there will come a time that we would seek for the legalization of cloning when everything is too late....when are we going to act? tomorrow?...when everything's gone?...think of it!

    No Anonymous

  • Human reproductive cloning not only should be legal, but government funding should be given to advance this field.

    Human reproductive cloning would provide an increased quality of life for millions of people across the world. Those that can not see could be given new eyes, those who have bade hearing could be given new ear drums, and those that have bad organs could have replacements. As it stands now, many suffer for years in need of a new heart or liver, often times dying before one becomes available. Human reproductive cloning could therefore save and prolong many lives.

    No 3v3nHip

  • Human clones are a naturally occurring condition that could be used to help people who want children have them.

    If there was human cloning I could run off multiple copies of my oldest son. who is a great kid but he's biracial and as such there's no way he'd ever find an organ donor or other medical help. Unless there's more work with stem cells he's in all kinds of trouble. Sure, we'd like to have more kids conventionally but we were fortunate to have him. I would like to see other families be able to have genetic children again. It could be a way of helping people who are from nearly extinct cultures (like my own family) and preserving genetic diversity. Clones are not the same person. Anyone who has known identical twins understands this. And, identical twin pregnancies are more risky. With cloning there could be identical twins who were able to have single pregnancies. A lot of good could come of cloning.

    No groovybox

  • Human reproductive cloning can aid humanity in the future.

    Human reproductive cloning has the possibility to enhance the life of everyone on the planet, by means of scientific advancement and the extension of life. Human cloning projects can be used for fertility issues, and to grow healthy cells to ease the suffering of those who are ill and dying, especially children.

    No ThegaXen

  • We make babies every other way, why not this one?

    For those who say we should ban cloning for reproduction, the argument comes in that it is unnatural. So is artificial insemination. So is in vitro fertilization and pre-implantation genetic testing. If anything, cloning actually solves some of these dilemmas by bypassing the need for donor eggs or sperm, which involves an unknown strangers' DNA in the making of a baby. If deformity and defects arise from such cloning, we must realize that genetic mistakes occur on their own, such as Governor Palin found with her son Trig's Down Syndrome. And unlike natural reproduction, cloned offspring would likely be screened and discarded if defects were found, increasing the odds that they would be healthier than most children, once the technology was proven sound. If cloning for reproduction does create monstrosity, the first press report of such a monster would go viral in minutes. The cloning would then end by popular opinion and boycott more solidly than any law could cause.

    No Pir4And
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