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Scientists have successfully cloned animals like Dolly the sheep. Some people hope that cloning techniques will be used to clone humans someday, while others strongly oppose this use of technology. While cloning humans has many great perks to it, it also has a great number of unfortunate consequences. A clone is an organism that is genetically identical to the person or thing that it was derived from. Cloning humans might cause alot of trouble on our planet and may make things worse than they already are. For starters, cloning will cause an unbalance on earth. Lots of things would be different on earth, and not for the better. In addition, cloning is unethical in many religions. Furthermore, even though clones have identical genes, you can't be a hundred percent sure that the clones won't suffer from defects or deficiencies, or that the resulting clone will be successful. Cloning humans is a bad idea that should be forbidden from being done on humans.

Cloning humans would cause an unbalance on earth. Lots of things would be different on earth, and it would not be for the better. Because people would be excited and amazed by the idea of cloning, many people would start cloning others, including famous people, people who are soon going to be dead, and even themselves. Doing that will cause a major increase in the world's population, making the number bigger than it already is. The struggle for food, water, and existence will increase as well, making the chances for survival slimmer, and making the earth's resources be consumed quicker. Also, because there would be more humans because of the clones, the number of crimes and other illegal practice will go up and there will be more chaos in this world. Not only is human cloning a wrong thing because of the unbalance it would cause on earth, but it is also a wrong thing because of how unethical it is in many religions.

In many religions, human cloning is considered a very immoral, unethical thing to

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