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Human Cloning
A major issue in today's society is human cloning. Is it safe? Should it be banned? These
questions are being discussed everyday. Even though cloning has been around for many years;
for example, identical twins are natural clones ,or the sheep, Dolly, that was cloned in 1997,
cloning still remains one of the most controversial subjects in today's history. There are
many great aspects that human cloning can offer; however, the research and experiments
involving human cloning show that this process is not safe; therefore, human cloning should be
selectively banned until it has been proven effective and safe.
Human cloning can be very beneficial. Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for
Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, states that human cloning can help infertile
individuals, and it might be able to make tissues and organs to fight diseases (Caplan). For
example, gay couples would be able to have a biological child of their own, or......

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