Embryo research; cloning; designer babies

• 3/5 embryos are lost in the first month
• cloning- name given to a process by which scientists make biological duplicates of an organism
• positives of cloning:

  • transplants are less likely to be rejected
  • potential to cure strokes, arthritis, MS and heart failure
• Negatives of cloning:

  • seen as playing God: how can we choose who lives and dies?
• If an embryo is regarded as a person, it has rights and killing it can be seen as murder