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  • Essay / The Impact of Human Cloning on Family and Society

    Imagine a society in which individuals with virtually incurable diseases could obtain essential organs and tissues that perfectly match those who have defected through individual human reproductive cloning. In a perfect world, this could be considered an ideal and effective solution to cure stifling biomedical diseases and the scarcity of organs available for donation. However, this approach contains within itself many bioethical flaws and even broader social implications for how we could potentially view human clones and integrate them into society. Throughout this article, I will argue that the implementation of human reproductive cloning in health care practices would produce detrimental effects on family dynamics and society due to its negative ethical ramifications. Perhaps the most significant conception of the family arises from a religious conception of assisted reproductive technologies and cloning and their impact on family dynamics in relation to its "unnatural" approach to procreation. Furthermore, the broader question of the ethical implications of human reproductive cloning raises interesting ways in which we could potentially perceive and define individualism, what it means to be human and the right to reproduction, equality and self-creation in relation to our perception. of the family. In recent years, the development of cloning technology in non-human species has led to new ways of producing drugs and improved our understanding of development and genetics. But what exactly is human reproductive cloning and how was this technology developed? The term “cloning” more specifically refers to a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. In this process, the cell's DNA from ...... middle of article ...... on International, February 24, 2010. Web. 12 December 2013. Golombok, S. and MacCallum, F. (2003), Practitioner Review: Outcomes for parents and children after non-traditional conception: what do clinicians need to know? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44: 303-315. Golombok, S., Murray, C., Brinsden, P. and Abdalla, H. (1999), Social parenting versus biological parenting: family functioning and socio-emotional development of conceived children. by egg or sperm donation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40: 519-527. Caulfield, Timothy. “Laws on human cloning, human dignity and the poverty of political dialogue.” BMC medical ethics. BioMed Central Ltd., July 29, 2003. Web. November 18, 2013. “Colossians 1:16.” The Holy Bible. New York: American Bible Society, 1992. N. pag. Print.