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Has society taken technology too far? CLONING: THE CONSEQUENCES SURPASS THE BENEFITS

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Page 1: Has society taken technology too far? CLONING: THE CONSEQUENCES SURPASS THE BENEFITS

Has society taken technology too far?CLONING: THE CONSEQUENCES SURPASS THE BENEFITS

Page 2: Has society taken technology too far? CLONING: THE CONSEQUENCES SURPASS THE BENEFITS

Frankenstein

The science in the book

Does Victor really benefit from the monster’s creation?

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Cloning

What is it?

How does it happen?

Natural Cloning

Therapeutic Cloning

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Cloning is Beneficial

Our rights as Americans

Clones are people too

Medical possibilities

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…But it’s really not

Dolly

The statistics

Clones are likely to be born with disabilities

Are we eating cloned animals?

Children will have no biological parents

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Works Cited

Cloning Diagram: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o58-I7tGHF8/T2zEekieLpI/AAAAAAAAABg/Vaoz0IN9YlI/s400/cloning+process+of+dolly+the+sheep.gif

Dolly: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Dolly_face_closeup.jpg

Information:

"Cloning." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.

Foley, Elizabeth Price. "The United States Should Not Ban Human Cloning." Cloning. Ed. Jacqueline Langwith. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "The Constitutional Implications of Human Cloning." Arizona Law Review 43.2 (11 June 2011): 16-46. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.

Kass, Leon R. "The United States Should Ban Reproductive Cloning and Place a Moratorium on Research Cloning." Cloning. Ed. Jacqueline Langwith. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Defending Life and Dignity: How, Finally, to Ban Human Cloning." The Weekly Standard 13.23 (25 Feb. 2008). Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.

Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane. "Research Cloning Should Be Allowed but Not Reproductive Cloning." Cloning. Ed. Jacqueline Langwith. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Manipulating the Human Embryo." USA Today Jan. 2011: 30-33. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.

Rosenberg, Martha. "The Safety of Cloned Meat Is Uncertain and It Should Be Labeled." Cloning. Ed. Jacqueline Langwith. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Cloned Meat May Already Have Invaded Our Food Supply, Posing Alarming Health Risks." Alternet. 2010. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.