Scientific research and technology is becoming more advanced each and every day. Unfortunately no one knows what experiments will become the gateway to the future or the door to disaster. One of the many researches being done that's controversial is human cloning. Not only is the process risky, but also severe birth defects and death are very likely. The cloning controversy has been going on for many years; and the United States should ban any of the research that is being done.

Human cloning may become a scientific breakthrough; such as organ donating, replacing endangered species and defected or lost body parts. But the cloned offspring would face the greatest risks of abnormality and/or die during the process or shortly after. "Some of the severe birth defects that may occur are of the heart and blood vessels, immune system, bones, brain, and kidneys" (Woods). Not to mention...