By: Anna C, Maddy L, Anna T, and Katherine M

Cloning

The Facts

To clone something is to make a copy of it. Whether it be plant or animal, the clones are never as healthy and have shorter life spans then the original animals. Animals are cloned because farmers want copies of their best animals, but most clones die during pregnancy, birth, or from disease at an early age.

Our first impressions:Our first impressions were:- Animals should only be cloned for research

so the clones don’t suffer- Eating cloned foods might not be good for

human healthCloned foods aren’t marked in the storesThe cloned animals aren’t the same as normal animals, even if their DNA is the same

We think:Cloning for food is wrong; cloning for the sole purpose of research is fine under certain conditions, such as: The clones should not be treated badly In fact, they should be treated like normal

animalsDo not kill the clones once they become

old or the research is done

Positive and Negative Consequences of prohibiting cloning

Positive:Negative:

There will be no more suffering/ inhumane treatment of cloned animals

The meats we eat will be guaranteed natural and healthy

We are preventing the risk that diseased animals be cloned

Cloning might be done illegally (unlikely but possible)

Un-marked cloned foods in grocery stores would remain unmarked in the stores until sold

We would never have a chance to figure out if cloning could be healthy one day.

Religious/ Legal Issues: It is illegal to clone animals in some places such as the US, Canada, and Australia. The UN and many other countries wanted to globally ban cloning, but the UK voted against itThe Church is against cloning because it goes against some morals in the Bible:No two things are the sameAll things are created equal

We want

This! Not this.

God is present because…

As we made our decision, we had to discern right from wrong. We had to decide if cloning was fair or not; morally right or not. God helped us to reach that decision by reminding us that living things should not suffer, nor be treated unequally.