Cloning

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rs, and you swear you could hear the voice of your deceased son say, "Why? Why didn't you save me mommy?"
Similar instances are faced daily in hospitals all over the world. Children, adults, grandparents, and loved ones all come in one at a time with the hopes of survival in their heads, but with the taste of death in their mouths. All these people could have been saved if the proper organs would have been waiting for them in the hospitals. This is one of the many benefits that the power of cloning offers to current day society. By cloning such vital organs such as hearts, livers, and lungs people and their families can be saved from death and much unneeded anguish. As the millennium now comes to a close, and the human race sits on the threshold of technology, a new issue has risen and struck up much confrontation all over the world. The issue of cloning has been apart of society for the past century. In many past science fiction novels, authors described how races of clones would take over the world and universe. In more recent times, however, cloning has now become a serious issue now that it is possible to clone organs, animals, and even humans. Although the concept of cloning may seem unethical, many medical and social advantages lay within its unexplored perimeters. Through government funding and support, these advantages can be put to use as solutions for many of the problems that society is currently facing.
Many people throughout the world feel that the issue of cloning is absolutely preposterous and extremely unethical. Such opinions are understandable, considering that the majority of people are always going to be afraid of the unknown. Cloning is a relatively new aspect of our technological outreach and should be allowed to be further examined. The power and benefits that lie within these perimeters is amazing and should not be over looked. Many arguments offered against cloning, have been those such as "we wo...