Human Cloning: An Impossible Procedure?

When you think of human cloning, the first thing that comes to mind is the impossibility of the procedure. That is not the case. Cloning has been around for years; in fact, in 1996, scientists in Scotland cloned a sheep (ThinkQuest, 2004). It is not something that everyone agrees with but the advantages of cloning are clear. One argument is that cloning is playing God and another is that the medical benefits far outweigh any ethical issues. In my opinion, I believe cloning should be legal and the sooner the better. Shouldn't we use the technology that is available to us to prolong life as much as possible? When you think of it, we play God every day. What about doctors? Aren't they playing God when they use technology to perform transplants and perform complicated surgeries that save someone's life? We create test tube babies and have developed birth control to prevent children. We perform abortions and eliminate life every day, especially if the fetus has a defect or is not perfect in our eyes. Who are we to judge? If we play God in these ways every day, why should cloning be so different (Tony, 1999)? There is no evidence that God is actually against cloning and some people against cloning do not believe in God in the first place. This is not a justifiable argument when it comes to human cloning (David, 2004). I think people are just scared of our developing advancements. Scared we will take it too far. Whether we will take it too far remains to be seen.