Human cloning is a very complex process; it is very multilayered in the promises and threats that are suggested by scientists (Kolata 8). In the basic definition, cloning is accomplished by removing the nucleus of a mature, unfertilized egg and replacing it with a specialized cell from an adult organism. The nucleus taken contains most of the hereditary material from the original human source, and it develops from the human source it was taken from. This process makes it possible for scientists, or geneticists, to reproduce unlimited amounts of duplicates, which are known as clones (Pence: Flesh 18). Human cloning has reached a point where the ethical and moral values have not been considered, and we have not fully learned and understood the negative consequences of such a new and overwhelming technology. There are, however, individual benefits of using genetic engineering for medical purposes. Such purposes include gene therapy and asexual reproduction.

Cloning and genetic engineering have been ideas that scientists have explored for a long time. "Cloning first came to public attention roughly thirty years ago, following the successful asexual production, in England, of a clutch of tadpole clones by the technique of nuclear transplantation" (Pence: Flesh 14). And then, on February 24, 1997, newspapers around the world reported the successful cloning of a lamb. This lamb, known as "Dolly," was cloned by Ian Wilmut and his fellow scientists at the Roslin Institute near Edinourgh, Scotland (Pence: Flesh ix). Even though scientists said this method of cloning couldn't be applied to humans yet, Bill Clinton asked The National Bioethics Advisory Commission to study the ethical and legal implications of human cloning (Biomedical: Roleff, ed. 16). They "recommended a three-to-five-year moratorium on human cloning research to give the public time to debate and examine the issues involved" (Biomedical: Roleff, ed.16). We are still in the midst of this period, and many people in society have been writing books, responding to the issue in journal articles, and creating web sites that discuss and debate the pro's and con's of human cloning. The Council for Secular Humanism has written the "Declaration in Defense of Cloning and the Integrity of Scientific Research," and is broadcasting it on the internet. There are many arguments for and against it. Some interesting arguments revolving around the debate for and against human cloning are the use of cloning for asexual reproduction, basic human rights, and its use for gene therapy. All of these arguments have a group of people from all realms in society that use the arguments to support human cloning, and a group of people that use them to show that human cloning should not be used.

The use of genetic engineering in our society is viewed differently in two very arguable ways. Scientists, bio-ethicists, doctors, lawyers, professors, and authors join in the debate over human cloning and its medical benefits versus moral and ethnical concern.

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