Human cloning should be permitted

What you mean now is that you want to allow cloning so that those clones can live along us, no? Anyway thank you for your case, time for some rebuttal. 1) Many are opposed to the idea that cloning defies some unwritten law of ethics. As it stands now, there is no explicit law in the US Constitution that prohibits it. There are laws however, which ban the use of public funds for it. That is not to say that private scientists can do it though. This subject is to decide whether reproductive cloning should be allowed or not. This source clearly states that the WHOLE USA has banned reproductive cloning and for some others allowed therapeutic cloning. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org... 2) Many people become frightened at the thought of clones. It is however, happening all the time, and practiced exclusively by the progenitor of life, mother nature. Identical twins are clones. Sometimes during pregnancy, an zygote splits, resulting in two genetically identical fetus' [1]. Both humans produced by this are by and large accepted by soceity, despite the fact that one of them is a clone. You are almost right, but you forgot something. The zygote splits 2 different eggcells, NOT FETUS. Also, 2 different sperms are there to fertilize the 2 eggcells. This is not really a clone, but its nearly a clone. Your source here proves it. http://en.wikipedia.org... 3) Scientists practice In-vitro fertilization, in which an egg is fertilized outside the human body, and then replaced back into the uterus. Arguments which state that a government would use cloning to produce armies should in theory already be capable with regular In-vitro fertilization. Sure, the babies would not be identical, but they would provide the manpower necessary for an army. The Army already has enough manpower, why you need the extra manpower? Or are you planning to create an army of clones to declare war? Even more reasons to ban cloning. 4) Assuming that a clone would be physically identical to another clone is acceptable. Assuming they are mentally similar would be false. It is clear that natural identical twins do not share the exact same thoughts and feelings. While genetics do play a part in personality, most of it is attributable to environmental conditions, upbringing, and other factors as well [2]. I kinda feel weird, you contradicted yourself. A clone is if every trait is 100% from the same of the person you wanted to clone. We all know that twins all are different. 5) Clones would be protected by law and be given the same rights as other US citizens, and would be treated as human beings. I say this because artificially created humans (In-Vitro) and identical twins both share the same rights as we do, so there should be no outcry or alarm if we combine the two. This has nothing to do with wether we allow cloning or not, you are now trying to solve the problems IF cloning was allowed. 6) Clones used for the harvesting of organs would be illegal as clones would be protected by constitutional law, just as we are. Yes, you are absolutely right, cloning something just to rip his heart out for the hospital is just inhuman. But this alone also has nothing to do with this, you are now again trying to picture a problem that might show up if clones were allowed. I have refuted all your points and even proven that twins aren't perse clones. If you can't give any reasons anymore why we should allow reproductive cloning, i win the debate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- My arguments why reproductive cloning shouldn't be allowed: 1. Raising the population comes with serious problems. One of them is the food demand. More people means more food. If we clone so much, we end up eating more then we can produce. 2. The problem also lies in society. If the population is high, then it means more people working. But, what if the work isnt avaible for them? People can land on the streets without home because of being jobless. Even now, there are people unemployed, adding the population raises the amount of people without jobs. http://en.wikipedia.org... 3. Identical traits. A clone has same traits and everything, even fingerprints! Having a clone means that your clone can commit murder and pin it on you without showing himself because your fingerprints are left behind. This also adds the amount of crimes. That was my arguments :P