Is the cost of a life worth that of a loved one? Human cloning is a topic that has been around since the 1970s, when Dr. John Gurdon cloned a frog. From cloning a frog in 1970 to cloning a sheep in 1997, technological advances in cloning have increased exponentially. The concept of human cloning is to recover the DNA of a human being and insert it into a woman's embryo and the baby born 9 months later would be a replica of the original person. This technique would be useful if a person needed plasma, blood, or any organs. However, attempting to transplant a child's organs into an adult; the child should become an adult. So instead of breeding clones for the original human to kill, scientists thought they'd try to copy human organs. Using the DNA of a person's organs they could then make a copy before they got sick and transplant it into the patient, this is the most reasonable thing to do. The two sides of human cloning are the one who believes that human cloning is morally, ethically and religiously wrong and the one who believes that cloning could save countless lives and bring happiness to countless families. As a logical person, I see the possible benefits of human cloning, but I believe that the results of cloning a single human being would horribly disturb our already shaky way of life. The capabilities of cloning a human are endless and can help countless people. Human cloning can be used not only to increase the lifespan of patients, but also to create new lives and advance the medical field. As stated previously, it is possible to create a clone of a person and use it as livestock for the original's organs. With this in mind, it would behoove the medical field to condone murder, which it cannot do. The thought of using the human… is middle of paper… and waiting to be raised. The chances of successful cloning are terribly low because “90% of embryos never implant or die before or shortly after birth” (Gibbs). Finally, the severe impact on our economy due to the increase in population would lead to greater financial debts and an increase in natural disasters due to the acceleration of global warming. It would be in the best interest of the human race as a whole not to clone anyone and to look for alternatives. Works Cited Charles Q. Choi. Scientific American “Cloning a Human Being”. June 2010. vol. 302 Number 6. p36-38. web. April 4, 2011Gibbs, Nancy. The moment of the “kidnapping of the cloning debate”. January 2003. vol. 161 number 2. p46. web. April 4, 2011Smith, Shannon H. “Ignorance is not a blessing: Why a ban on human cloning is unacceptable” Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine. Summer 1999. vol. 9 issue 2. p311. web. April 4. 2011