by Thinkocrates

Created on: June 20, 2010

-Cloning: "The Revolution of Evolution"-

So the geneticist created Man in his Own image; in the image of Man he created Him; male and female the geneticist created Them.  These may sound like passages from the bible; for they are, except there is no mention of a God whom was the first mover, the creator.  These are the passages created over time and the revolutionizing of an evolutionary process.  No, this is not science fiction; this is the present capability thus yearning for the ability to make good on the process towards perfection.  Yet, with the revolution towards perfection, begets the evolution of imperfections.

It’s alive; it’s alive, run for your life.  The geneticists had a little lamb and everyone was sure to know. ‘Dolly the lamb was introduced to the world on February 23, 1997.  What made Dolly so special, so unique; was that Dolly was the first successful candidate resulting from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) of a mammal performed by Ian Wilmut and his team of colleagues from the Roslin Institute’ (NBAC, 1997).  There was no applause, but instead met by grave repercussions. 

‘On March 4, 1997, the then President, Bill Clinton issued an executive order addressing the subject of cloning in which he ordered that no federal funds be utilized in paying for the research involving human cloning’ (O’Neill, 1999, p.74).  In addition to this enactment, the President called upon the newly established National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) in tenure of 90 days to “address the ethical and legal issues that surround the subject of cloning human beings.” The NBAC examined many topics of concerns from physical harms of the children and fetuses, to psychological as well as religious aspects.  At the time (1997), the NBAC concluded that “it was morally unacceptable for anyone in the public or private sector, whether in research or clinical setting, to attempt to create a child utilizing” the SCNT methodology of cloning.  Based on their findings the NBAC proposed the following:  to continue the ban on federal funding in regards towards usage in SCNT cloning.  Furthermore, the NBAC asked that non-federally funded sectors to adopt this federal policy under the pretense that any actions taken would be considered:  “an irresponsible, unethical and unprofessional act.”  The NBAC further tenured a timeline

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