Human Cloning
Human Cloning, is it Ethical?
Heaven L Collins
Bryant & Stratton College
Eng101: Research and Writing
Mrs. Adams
December 15, 2015
Human Cloning, is it Ethical?
Some people wonder what it would be like to have a second one of them. In order to have a copy of someone human cloning would have to take place. Cloning means to produce a genetically identical copy of an individual. There are many questions and concerns that arise when it comes to cloning, and one big question is, is it ethical?
How Cloning is done?
When cloning an individual a scientist would take that individuals DNA from a skin cell, put their DNA into a woman’s egg, where the DNA has been removed. Then a zap of electricity would make the egg divide and after a few days there would be an embryo identical to that individual (2002, Human Cloning). There are It is argued that human cloning should be permitted because of one of the most fundamental elements of personal freedom, the right to reproductive freedom. Individuals have the right to reproduce as they choose as long as they do not violate other right or moral injunctions. Dan Brock, a philosopher, defines the right to reproductive freedom as:
A right to reproductive freedom is properly under-stood to include the right to use various assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), oocyte donation, and so forth. (2010, Havsted)
There are two ways to make an exact genetic copy of an organism, artificial embryo twinning and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Artificial embryo twinning happens when a very early embryo is separated into their own cells, they divide and develop in a Petri dish. Since they are from the same egg they are identical. Somatic cell nuclear transfer is where they take any cell in the body, then they remove the nucleus and all its DNA from an egg cell, the nucleus is then transferred from the somatic cell to the egg cell. There are then a couple chemical things done and it starts acting like a
Heaven L Collins
Bryant & Stratton College
Eng101: Research and Writing
Mrs. Adams
December 15, 2015
Human Cloning, is it Ethical?
Some people wonder what it would be like to have a second one of them. In order to have a copy of someone human cloning would have to take place. Cloning means to produce a genetically identical copy of an individual. There are many questions and concerns that arise when it comes to cloning, and one big question is, is it ethical?
How Cloning is done?
When cloning an individual a scientist would take that individuals DNA from a skin cell, put their DNA into a woman’s egg, where the DNA has been removed. Then a zap of electricity would make the egg divide and after a few days there would be an embryo identical to that individual (2002, Human Cloning). There are It is argued that human cloning should be permitted because of one of the most fundamental elements of personal freedom, the right to reproductive freedom. Individuals have the right to reproduce as they choose as long as they do not violate other right or moral injunctions. Dan Brock, a philosopher, defines the right to reproductive freedom as:
A right to reproductive freedom is properly under-stood to include the right to use various assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), oocyte donation, and so forth. (2010, Havsted)
There are two ways to make an exact genetic copy of an organism, artificial embryo twinning and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Artificial embryo twinning happens when a very early embryo is separated into their own cells, they divide and develop in a Petri dish. Since they are from the same egg they are identical. Somatic cell nuclear transfer is where they take any cell in the body, then they remove the nucleus and all its DNA from an egg cell, the nucleus is then transferred from the somatic cell to the egg cell. There are then a couple chemical things done and it starts acting like a
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