A process that has been researched and debated for decades, and for a while the subject of science fiction novels, magazines, and television shows, is today a practical reality. News of successful cloning of an adult sheep generated an outpouring of ethical concerns in 1997. These concerns were not about Dolly, the famous sheep, nor even about the impact cloning may have on the animal breeding industry, but rather about the possibility of cloning humans. Recently, …showed first 75 words of 1289 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1289 total…will enable doctors to repair genetic defects in humans after birth. To alter a person’s genetic information before birth would contain to many physical and psychological risks for clones, not to mention be unethical. Why take such risks when the possible benefits do not outweigh the negative effects of human cloning? The possibility of cloning must be addressed because it is no longer just fantasy, it’s a reality.