When we hear of cloning successes, we learn about only the few attempts that worked. What we do not see are the many, many cloning attempts that fail! And even in the successful clones, problems tend to arise later, during the organisms development to adulthood. An excerpt from the Genetic Science Learning Center states, (2008) “cloning animals is simply inefficient. The success rate ranges from 0.1 percent to 3 percent, which mean that for every 1000 tries, only one to 30 clones are made. Or you can look at it as 970 to 999 failures in 1000 tries” (¶, 3). With such a high failure percentage, chances of a successful and healthy clone are slim.
The bill does not directly state what research will be done with the new ability to clone. Will the research be as simple as cloning a mouse or other small creature or will it
go as far as cloning an entire human being? There is no guarantee that the first cloned humans will be normal. A cloned organism can develop complications during later stages
of development. Even though a cloned human may be a clone, it is still a human life that should not be altered in any way.
Funding for the research of cloning may not be a reliable source of money. Many organizations may not want to fund a program with a high failure rate and complications during development. With the cloning organization only relying on private fundraisers for income, the research could easily be abandoned due to insufficient funds.
With all the risks of cloning, enacting this bill may not be of greater benefit for man. Problems such as unreliable funding, risky testing, and insufficient restraints make cloning an unwanted practice that should probably only be used for minor testing. Cloning is a field of study that should keep to only working with small areas of research that do not involve any unethical tests.