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Cloning: non-favorable point of view

 

            There are so many people that are in favor of cloning, and believe that they have all the reasoning and support to make cloning sound like a naturally thing and is alright to practice. However, many of the people who are in favor of cloning are mostly just head over heels about all the cool things that could maybe become reality, and never ever begin to think of the reasons why cloning is not only unsafe, but also unfair in many situations.
             One of the largest cloning factors that many people over look, is the health aspect of it. Our cloning technology as of right now is not even close to perfect, making the possibilities for mutating genes extremely high. The particular worry is that the genetic material used from the adult will continue to age so that the genes in a newborn baby clone could be as old as 30 years old or more on the day of birth (Dixon, P). Even if their were a baby or two that seemed fine at birth, we would have to wait many years in order to fully know if the clone had any problems. .
             Another big problem involved with cloning, are the emotional risks. Imagine having a clone of a daughter; what would she think growing up knowing that her blood mother is her sister, her other mother (guardian) is her grandmother, and so on. There would be unbearable pressures on the clone child trying to figure out who she really is (Dixon, P.). Alternatively, what would happen to a marriage when the father sees his wife's clone grow up into the beautiful 19 year old women he fell in love with many years ago. (Dixon, P.). Also, if a clone of a dead brother or sister knew about the situation, what kind of pressures would he or she feel, knowing they were made as a direct replacement for another (Dixon, P.)? Would they be under to much pressure throughout life knowing that they might not be exactly like their previous brother or sister?.
             Lastly, what if the technology needed to clone people was available seventy years ago when Hitler was in power (Dixon, P.


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