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Human Cloning Should Be Legal
To understand the debate on whether human cloning should be legal, one must first learn about cloning. Cloning is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another organism. According to Kevin Taylor, a professor at the University of Utah, there are two different ways in which to clone an organism: artificial embryo twinning and somatic cell nuclear transfer, or SCNT (Taylor par. 6-9). Taylor describes how in artificial embryo twinning, the birth process is copied but in a Petri dish. This is done by separating an embryo into individual cells and then allowing the cells to divide and develop on their own. The embryos are then placed into a woman who carries the embryos until they develop and are born. Taylor explains that in SCNT a cell from a donor is taken and the nucleus is transferred into an awaiting egg from which its original nucleus has been removed. The egg with its new nucleus is then placed in a woman and......

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