Human Cloning

The ethics of human cloning is more controversial than that of general animal cloning. Because human cloning involves creation of a life of a new person, the reason why this is done becomes a very personal issue with possibly drastic effects on the child.

In opposition to Human Cloning

- There are many health risks from mutation of genes.
- Human cloning would violate human individuality and freedom.
- Cloned children would unavoidably be raised with less favor than their nuclear donor, constraining individual psychological and social development.
- Human cloning is still extremely unsafe. 95-98% of mammalian cloning experiments have resulted in miscarriages, stillbirths, and life-threatening anomalies.
- The techniques currently available will still put the physical safety of the clones and the women who bear them at grave risk.

In Favor of Human Cloning

- Couples who desire genetically related children but cannot produce them can now look to human cloning as an alternative.
- Parents who have lost a child may seek redress for their loss.
- If women are willing to take the risk associated with carrying a clone, then they should be allowed to do so.