Cloning and its potential benefits and dangers

Cloning is a relative new technology that allows us to copy humans
and animals with identical genetic information.
It is also a way to give sterile couples a child of their own without going through the process of adoption. We can create and produce organs for sick people, which is better than clone a whole person and take him/her organs. It can help society to fight against diseases like cancer.
However, one of the biggest disadvantages of cloning is that this technology is very uncertain and unknown; besides, losing gene diversity is another drawback. There is also a risk of cloning because this process may be used wrongly, so it would have to be kept closely monitored. Furthermore, It is important to say that cloning may cause psychological and social side effects and so bring up several ethical problems.
Finally, there are those who are worried about the fact that cloning can allow Men to ‘play God’. It is really a good idea to create a replica or a copy of another human being?

Ana Rita Fernandes, 11º F nº 4