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The announcement of the successful cloning of the sheep "Dolly" in 1997 was one of the major developments in the history of science. It raised an immediate public outcry in both the political and religious media alike, and within days of the published report President Clinton issued a ban on all federal funding aimed at cloning human beings. All of a sudden, the idea that one could create a perfect replica of another individual seemed less …

…of individual life, including the element of chance and the uncertainty of what lies in the future. It is clear that the issue of cloning has already begun to develop into a fierce battle where both sides are determined not to relent. Once the ability to utilize full human cloning becomes a distinct reality, will the moralists eventually win and ban it from society, or will it become a common practice? Only time will tell.