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The cloning of Dolly shocked many people. Scientists, after over 30 years, have found a way to accurately clone a sheep. This gave people hope that humans can then also be cloned. The technology is here, the issue now lies within the ethics.
Dolly was cloned through using the process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. This is when a single cell is removed from the fully grown mammal and then bounded with the mammary cell. This cell then begins to turn into an embryo. This technique is not yet perfected. With the humans in consideration there is room for many complications. It is not a completely safe procedure. The cloning of animals show that there can be many advances within medicine and science, however it is unnecessary for human cloning.
Most Christians are against cloning because they believe that God is the ultimate creator and that He created each person in his image and a clone would be created by man in the image of a man already made. There is also the fear that clones would not be treated fairly and they would have psychological issues. People are also concerned about the souls of clones. They do not know if a soul could be reproduced through cloning. Jewish doctrine believes that the cloning technology is important because it opens up a new world of technology. They believe that cloning is ok as long as it is done with respect to each clone.
Ethical issues with cloning also exist. A big issue is that the technology is not perfected and not safe enough to use on humans quite yet. People also fear that the cloned child would have psychological issues and be confused as to why they are alive and have a identity crisis. People also are uncertain if each child would be loved unconditionally, like children are now. Clones also might be subjected to objectification. People might find it hard to look at clones as equals. Look at the discrimination present in the world today among equally created people. The introductions of clones would arouse many other discriminations and issues.