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Breaking Our Ethics: Human Cloning

This article explores the complex history and ethics surrounding human cloning, tracing its development from early genetics theories in the 1880s to modern cloning techniques such as Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT). It examines the three types of cloning: DNA, reproductive, and therapeutic, and highlights the psychological and moral consequences for clones and their parents. The discussion includes legal perspectives on cloning in the United States, the religious and scientific debates, and the challenging questions of identity and worth associated with cloning technology.

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Breaking Our Ethics: Human Cloning

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  1. Breaking Our Ethics:Human Cloning Sarah Penfold March 19th, 2009 CRN 11119 Nora E. Demers, Ph.D

  2. Once upon a time… • 1885: August Weismann developed a new theory on genetics. • 1888: Germ plasma theory developed-Roux. • 1894: Theory is refuted by Hands Dreisch. • 1901: Success in embryo research. • 1902: Weismann-Roux theory disproved. • 1944: DNA discovered. • 1950: First successful artificial insemination. • 1952: First animal cloned.

  3. The Essentials of Cloning • Three Types: • DNA Cloning • Reproductive Cloning • Therapeutic Cloning • Risks in Cloning: • How will clone affect the person? • Will the clone have a soul? • Will the clone have a stable psychological state? • Is anyone being subjected to the risk of unnecessary trauma?

  4. CLOtechnologyNING • Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) • Chemicals OR electric currents used to stimulate egg • Reprogramming of adult cells • Mass production of animals

  5. ISSUES • Larger amounts of cloned embryos fail. • High risk of severe birth defect, deformity, disability and death. • Psychological state of resulting clone. • Parent of clones’ psychological and emotional state after process. • Early experiments are likely to result in failure or miscarriage during pregnancy. • Sudden and unforeseen death. • Aspects that cause a negative impact. • To have, or to not have a soul?

  6. Laws • Prohibition laws only at state level. • 15/50 states prohibit human cloning. • California: first to prohibit issue. • Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Virginia

  7. Human Cloning… …Around the Globe

  8. Religion and Science • Most common religion in the United States. • Are scientists playing God? • Twin argument • Science vs. Faith • A bigger purpose than research.

  9. The End. • Endless controversies • Idea of human cloning soon to become reality • Over half the states allow cloning • Violation of ethical, moral, and social norms. • Do the benefits outweigh the risks? • Better way to spend the funds used to attempt human cloning. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwekqzhbcY

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