Are you for human cloning by stem cell or against it?
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Stem cells. You can obtain them by abortion... which I am against. But, using any other stem cell source to clone a human being is totally reasonable. We can finally solve so many questions. We need to at least try. We can finally give more reasons why God is not real. We might as well try it! Think of the possibilities and the advantages that we could gain from it. Side: For
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Well first we need to establish what is meant when by the phrase "cloning by stem cell." If this means creating another human genetically identical to someone, then no--I'm against that. But, if it means growing genetically compatible organs, limbs, tissues and cells using cloning and stem cells, then by all means I am FOR it. It is criminal to allow someone to suffer when we have the technology and knowledge to alleviate their pain. So, if a person needs a transplant or undamaged brain cells and we can provide these by means of cloning their own cells, we definitely should pursue this therapy. Side: For
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I'm against cloning humans in general, whether it's via stem cells or some other method. I think that this is a very slippery slope for us to go down that could lead to people creating hundreds or thousands clones of themselves to try to take over the world. If you're talking about using stem cells for stopping the onset / progression of degenerative diseases than I am for that. However, I am against using embryonic stem cells from aborted fetus' for this purpose. Luckily new scientific advances allows us to harvest stem cells from adult cells so hopefully the embryonic stem cell debate will go away in the near future.
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Just a question: how viable do you think it would be for "people [to create] hundreds or thousands of clones of themselves"? Those clones, (as far as I know) are generally regarded as independent individuals, so there's not really anything to be gained by one person cloning themselves to take over the world. The only thing they'd share with the clone is the DNA. Side: For
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I really hope you do not actually believe that one person could create hundreds of thousands of clones and take over the world. the lconing process is currently imperfect. Hell. It took 277 tries just to create Dolly. Not to mention it is massively expensive to try such a process. Lancelot a dog the was recently cloned cost over $500,000. Human cloning in general can lead to new advancements in medical science and it is just too important that we take steps to further our knowledge of the way the world works for us to be to scared to try. Side: For
i am against human cloning because even though we will be able to clone human organs and possibly save lives. The research in order to clone a human would mean that millions of human embryos would be destroyed. If they manage to be able to clone humans as well then it would mean that individuality would be lost. Side: Against
I don't think it's our place, as humans, to mess with nature in such a form as cloning. It can lead to adverse effects that we are unaware of. Like maybe, we'd go crazy with cloning and create overpopulation. Or maybe the clones would disintegrate and pollute our environment. Or maybe the clones could have brain defects which cause them to "be evil" and "deranged". We just don't know. Side: Against
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