Is human cloning ethical? In 1996 Ian Wilmut and his team at the Roslin Institute in Scotland made scientific history. They successfully cloned the sheep that would be named "Dolly" by transferring the somatic cell nucleus of a donor sheep into an unfertilized sheep egg causing the egg to take on her DNA. Once the eggs were fertilized, they then implanted the egg into the uterus of a surrogate sheep. And in February 1997 Dolly was born. Once the world heard Dolly's story, people began to wonder if the next human would be cloned. While no human has yet been cloned and it is illegal to clone humans in most countries, the question remains, “Is human cloning ethical?” There are many reasons why human cloning is ethical, but I believe that human cloning is and always will be morally wrong. According to Ian Wilmut in 2002, Dolly, the cloned sheep had to be euthanized at the age of 6 due to a lung infection usually seen in older sheep of around 11 or 12 years. He also suffered from arthritis which is normally seen even in older sheep. When Dolly was cloned they didn't know the future health risk she would face. In reality, no one knows the health risk that a human being could face. Scientists say cloned animals are often born with “large offspring syndrome” (LOS). LOS is when an offspring is born with usually large organs that cause problems with breathing and blood flow. The animal that is not born with LOS is sometimes born with compromised kidneys, brain and immune system. Most cloned animals die within a few days or weeks due to these problems. Cloning can cause family disruption. For example, let's say a mother, father, and their 5-year-old son Tim are going out for pizza...... middle of paper...... jointly or they might have a craving that no one else ha. These are things that make them one of a kind. But what would make someone cloned unique or unrepeatable? Nothing, they cannot be unique, unrepeatable, original because they are simply the image of someone else. And know that this could cause emotional, mental and self-esteem problems in the future. I don't know what the future might hold. Nor do I know if I will wake up to headlines about the first human cloning, but I know where I stand on the issue of human cloning and the question “Is human cloning ethical?” Cloning human beings is wrong, but not only is it wrong, it is also immoral. I read many articles about how cloning could help cure diseases, prevent genetic disorders, and solve infertility problems. In this case, however, there are too many things wrong and I feel that the