Cloning
...ally. Also, human cloning puts extra expectations on the clone. For example, a clone of Michael Jordan would be expected to be a great basketball player; however the clone may not be good at basketball at all. These expectations would put great pressure on the clone. Furthermore, both articles state that human cloning is unsafe for the clone. We have not seen the long-term effects of cloning. For example, Dolly, the first cloned animal, had many health problems, including arthritis. How can we be sure that human clones will not have more health problems than the average human being? Actually, it is very likely that a human clone will have severe health problems. Is it necessary to bring someone into this world and then watch him or her suffer? The second article states that clones will be considered second-class citizens in this world. It may be true. When our world can be prejudice towards someone because of that person’s race, then it can also be prejudice towards someone who was born in a different way. Society will not accept clones because clones are different. Furthermore, if clones are created for a bone marrow transplant or anything else, they may not be treated the same as the other children. This may lead for the child to have low self-esteem and other...