Human cloning is the copying of a human using the DNA in the cells of the donor. People have tried to
Human cloning is the copying of a human using the DNA in the cells of the donor. People have tried to
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clone embryos, but the cloned child has not survived past birth. There are some moral and social issues with this that have yet to be addressed.
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clone embryos, but the cloned child has not survived past birth. There are some moral and social issues with this that have yet to be addressed. For example, would a clone be the child of its donor, or its sibling (genetically, a clone is simply an artifical identical twin)? If these questions cannot be properly answered, there could be severe repercussions for inheritance laws.