Tuesday, September 29, 2009

More and more on cloning

Human Cloning Ethics
Surveys have shown that few Americans approve of cloning for reproductive purposes, although more are open to therapeutic cloning [source: Burton]. The U.S. government has established strategic roadblocks related to human cloning, although no federal ban exists. First, the government won't fund research focused on human cloning for reproduction. Also, the FDA, which regulates public cloning research, requires anyone in the United States attempting to clone humans to first get its permission. President George W. Bush's appointed Council on Bioethics unanimously opposed cloning for reproductive purposes.
Human reproductive cloning is banned in more than 50 countries.
Certain countries abroad have stricter standards, and more than 50 have legally banned research efforts on reproductive human cloning.

While the ethics of human cloning are being examined, some people suggest that cloning be banned. Italy and Argentina were two of the first countries to follow this advice.

Experience in animals has demonstrated time and time again that the technique usually fails: many embryos are malformed, and many are abnormally oversized, posing risks both to offspring and mother. Whether it would be "ethical", if incontrovertibly safe, is a whole new debate. But there's no doubt that if a cloned baby is ever verifiably produced, the scientist behind it will achieve lifelong fame – or possibly infamy.


Im also not of the idea of human cloning, but animals????????? What do you think.
How will it be, just to clone sheep, cows, chickens and have more supply for human consumption!!!!!!!!!!!!!













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