Oct. 10, ’01
In March 1996, the news
of the birth of a cloned sheep named “Dolly” shocked the world. I was also
shocked by this news. After that, a lot of argument has been reiterated all
over the world. As a result, some countries in Europe and Japan decided to ban
the study. But I firmly believe that the cloning technology should not be
banned, but should be improved more and more, because it would increase high
quality livestock, actualize the organ transplant without allograft rejection,
and give infertile or lesbian couples the chances which they can have their
baby.
First, it is very
complicated and needs a lot of time to do breed improvement. But if we could
supply high quality livestock easily, we would be warranted supplying
competitive price and unsurpassed livestock, and it would be able to simplify
the process of improvement in livestock varieties.
Second, if your family
or bosom friends becomes seriously ill, such as a heart disease, a kidney
disease, and so on. This is the question upon which life and death hang for
patient who need the organ transplant. Your must think about the last way,
cloning. In these kinds of situation, technology exercises its power.
I understand that many
countries have expressed their idea that the study of cloning should be banned.
They strongly fear the disruption of morality and ethics. It is said that there
is no assurance that the clone grows healthy; we, human beings, must not “make”
or “create” a human who has same DNA, and it means the blaspheme against God.
However, is it true? But Zavos, whose partner, Dr. Antinori, hit the headlines
by helping a woman of 62 have a child in 1994, said “This is not an issue of
morality, this is not an issue of being ethical or unethical, but rather
assisting people to have children and that is the business we are in.” I
strongly agree with him, because a clone would have its own personality,
character, intelligence, talents, brain, mind, environment, and experiences. It
means the clone is not exactly same person with original person. He or she has
his or her own personality. Even if you were to clone yourself, you could not
create the same person. In addition, to help someone who are distressed
seriously is a very honorary post, conversely.
Every technology has two
aspects, useful part and dangerous one, so we have to get along with these
aspects. In this case, the cloning technology has just reached such a level and
gives us distinct possibilities, such as increasing high quality livestock,
actualizing the organ transplant without allograft refection, and giving
infertile or lesbian couples their babies. Government and we need to think
about this positively but never forgive the abuse. It is time to consider how
treat these facts and how regulate them by law. Banning is not a solution; we
should sanction the technology and try to utilize it. And this is not the issue
for one country, but for the entire world.