with the exact same genetic makeup, they will not be an individual and might have troubles later in life. Both concerns are based on the best interest of the clone itself, and are reasons to convince people that cloning should be banned.There are also those who say that cloning is a selfish act in the fact that there are thousands of children all over the world who are waiting to be adopted. They dispute that instead of people cloning themselves to have a child genetically related to them, they should adopt the children that are already in the world (Hume 33). Adoption would also help with the over population problem in the world. These people believe that if human cloning is implemented in the future, there will be children who will never get adopted because of the abilities for people to have a child genetically related to them. As you can see there are many valid points made for the banning of cloning, but the most argued point is the religious context of it all. People say that cloning is not natural and playing God is not justifiable. Hanna Rosin of the Washington Post states, cloning poses a disturbing threat to the fundamental tenets of religion, and exacerbates its tense relationship with science. With cloning, theologians can no longer view scientists as merely illuminating Gods creation, because they are clearly replicating it (3). Rosin explains that the reason some people are against the theory behind cloning is because they feel it is replicating Gods work, hence playing God. Pope John Paul has also expressed his opinions against human cloning for the same principles (Bova 2). Since faith is a very touchy subject, it is hard to sway people who have such strong religious beliefs. They do not accept any aspect of cloning, whether it is beneficial to mankind or not, because of what they have been taught or have read throughout the course of their lives. I concede that the cloning of humans is not a good idea. ...
