ETHICAL ISSUES OF

CLONING
DOMINGO, ARLEEN S.D.
BSED- BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 4-1
HUMAN CLONING
• THERAPEUTIC CLONING
• REPRODUCTIVE CLONING
• REPLACEMENT CLONING
ANIMAL CLONING
GENETIC CLONING
In religious organizations:
About human cloning;
-Dignitas Personae (Pope Benedict XVI) “a grave
offense to the dignity of that person as well as
to the fundamental equality of the people”
-some Sunni Muslims: forbidden in Islam
:human cloning is haraam (sinful)
-Catholic and other Christian organizations: God
created a proper way for human being to
reproduce (Gen.1:26-28)
 : man is made in the image of God (Gen.
9:6)
:to arbitrarily destroy a human being;
without explicit authority from the Giver of
life (Acts 17:25) is an assault upon the Creator
himself
: Human beings are designed to part of the
family (Gen. 2:18)
:cloning process involves numerous rejects
 :life begins at conception and that life cannot be
created artificially but from the unity of man and
female
: once the embryo exists it must be treated as a
person

Socio- ethical nature: concerns with the role that

cloning might play in the changing the shape of
family structure

Specialist and Bioethicists Gregory Pence:

criminalizing attempts to clone human is not a
desirable thing in such a developed society
In animal cloning to produce meats
(US Gov’t)
: potential risks associated with
cloning in which could be
transmitted through ingested
animal products
: many cloned offspring die
within 24hours of birth
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (book):
gene therapy and human cloning have
destroyed any sense of individuality

Other Countries:
-Romania: basic violation of a human’s right to
safety or identity and personality
-US, Spain, Italy, Philippines, Costa Rica, UN :it
violates human dignity
: ban human cloning
 : but some country has a
bill legalizing therapeutic
cloning and creation of
human embryo ( some
parts of Australia, Dec.
2006)
Some questions to ponder
• Who has the right to have children, no matter
how they are created? Who doesn't? Why?
• Is human cloning "playing with nature?" If so,
how does that compare with other reproductive
technologies such as in vitro fertilization or
hormone treatments?
• Does cloning to create stem cells, also called
therapeutic cloning, justify destroying a human
embryo? Why, or why not?
• If a clone originates from an existing person,
who is the parent?
• What are some of the social
challenges a cloned child might
face?
• Do the benefits of human cloning
outweigh the costs of human
dignity?
• Should cloning research be
regulated? How, and by whom?