Thursday, March 15, 2007

Not Like You and Me

There is so much information out there on the subject and widely varying opinions on cloning and embryonic stem cell research but who are some of these opponents that say most arguments against cloning are really arguments against something entirely different than cloning? For instance an argument that says cloning is wrong because it kills embryos is not an objection to cloning but to any process that ends in the death of undifferentiated cells. More and more my position is evolving every time I read something new. Today, I came across a website, among many others, that publishes essays by the Human Cloning Foundation, a foundation that seems like it is made up of unsubstantiated propaganda, work with no backbone. Who some of these people are that make narrow-minded claims isn’t made clear. It sometimes sways me, however and my position has become more of the mindset that cloning for the sake of creating someone to look like someone else is ethically and morally wrong. Cloning for the sake of research and solving medical mysteries should lead the debate. Human cloning should be recognized as a possibility to cure diseases, prevent unnecessary deaths and offer the world answers to the most troubling questions as to the origins and cure for cancer and the like.

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