Source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nSo why aren’t we going all guns blazing on cloning? Because of the huge ethical ramifications and debate it lights up. A large number of people seem to agree on us not playing God. Most of these arguments arise from religious inclinations. But others are sourced from our current legal structure as well. Cloning isn’t 100% reliable – we could be creating deformed, handicapped humans for whom existence is a curse. In such cases, the more prudent thing to do would be to put them to death – but are we allowed to commit murder under the pretext of the victim being a clone?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat if human cloning is made legal?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWhat if we finally reach the era where we have the complete right to create clones? \u00a0Will that be safe? What\u2019s the big issue about human cloning?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nIf cloning (both reproductive and therapeutic) is legalized, then it means we can. . .<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nProduce cloned children which will benefit same-sex couples, infertile parents and those who had lost a child.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nSave species that face the danger of extinction and even revive an extinct species like the mammoth!<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nBoost up our speed of recovery from traumatic injuries by generating our own cloned cells.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nGrow organs that we require for replacement that will suit our needs. Organs will be available for order according to individual needs.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nWe can eliminate defective genes and choose specific traits for our clones. Artificial selection will be at a high speed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Illustration of cloned humans<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nBut! On the other side of the coin. . .<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nOnly about 5% of the attempts to clone animals have been successful. We can take the example of Dolly whose cloning was a success only after 277 attempts! And there also lies the possibility of premature ageing of clones. So, safety is still a big question.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nCloning may reduce the value of life and uniqueness of individuals as clones will be easily available like a commodity. It is possible that we may face identity crisis.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nCloning technology can be misused if it lies in the wrong hands as clones can be created from the skin cells we shred every day. This can be a serious threat.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nThere will be religious outrage and the faiths of many will be challenged as we will actually \u2018play God\u2019 and create human copies.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\nScientists are worried that there will be a decrease in the diversity of our gene pool and this can have misleading effects for our kind.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nHow soon can we clone humans?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nCurrently, different countries around the world have viewpoints regarding the cloning of human. Over 30 countries have laws that ban reproductive cloning and more than 20 countries declared therapeutic cloning as legal. Many of the other countries have no formal law regarding the legalization of human clones. The Universal declaration of Human Genome and Human Rights by UNESCO states, in Article 11, that: \u201cPractices which are contrary to human dignity, such as reproductive cloning of human beings, shall not be permitted. . .\u201d<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nScientifically, we are ready to create clones; but, are we \u2018socially\u2019 ready? This is one of the questions that still put to hold the legalization of human cloning. The ongoing debate mostly lies on the ethical perspective rather than scientific.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nHuman cloning is still a controversial issue for most countries and individuals. Scientists and futurists, however, are confident that in the near future we will be able to legally create clones. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nSo, what\u2019s your stand regarding the cloning of human? Do you think we are really ready for this?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The term \u2018clone\u2019 was first used by J.B.S Haldane, a British biologist, in 1963. A \u2018clone\u2019 is a genetic copy of an organism, and \u2018cloning\u2019 involves the various processes used to create clones. Cloning is actually a very common process of reproduction for micro-organisms and plants. Reproduction isn’t truly cloning when it comes to multicellular…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[683,682],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36922,"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16036\/revisions\/36922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}