Illegal creation of human embryos and cloning

摘要

Cloning is a much-discussed issue and its ethical, legal, and social implications have not been fully grasped yet. There are several ways of cloning, but the most developed one is to transplant the nucleus from an adult cell, reason for which multiple clones of an adult may be created. This technique does function, but it is completely forbidden for humans. If there has been the possibility of cloning plants and animals, this does not mean that it should also be applied to humans (this process was possible by cloning a viable human embryo whose evolution was stopped at the stage of gastrula). Cloning can reduce the genetic variability; the production of clones may increase the risk of creating a population to a large extent identical. This population would be prone to the same diseases and contracting such a disease would mean the destruction of most of the population. This theory is less likely to happen, but many issues may arise, with the same devastating effects caused by the lack of genetic diversity.I believe that, in the contemporary period, all States have to regulate the potential confusions related to the social and legal tasks of the responsibilities resulted from cloning. An article of the "Washington Post"1 examined the fears that the development of the technologies related to "genetic improvement" would create a "market of preferred physical features".