From a personal viewpoint: Absolutely, positively not acceptable. It is not only morally wrong, but ethically wrong as well. In fact, on my view point, the whole cloning process boggles my mind. Why would anyone make a clone of themselves? With that said, I have to base this off of personal experience with being a mother.

My daughter is smart, beautiful and a very happy child. No matter what happens she is extremely happy and considerate of others. She runs up to people walking down the street and says hi. I could never imagine losing her, but if I ever did, I would not know how to handle this huge loss to me.

There is nothing like having those memories with your children. With feeling love for your child and being in their life, it is absolutely the perfect feeling in the world. However, making a clone of your child in case of death and accidents? I could never imagine the feeling of the regular child when if ever, finding this information out that your parents just couldn’t handle having one of you, but wanting to create another child that looks just like you is mind-boggling.

How do you know that the cloned child is going to be similar in any way other than looking just like that particular child that is not a clone? Dealing with loss is hard, but cloning someone for that sake is simply wrong in every ethical view point.

But that is the problem our society faces. People do not want to deal with loss and losing someone can be taken clearly out of proportion. Making books, cds and other media entertainment after these few individuals die is something that I believe is highly wrong. Why not save those memories for your own records? So you can personally look back at how much you loved your child that you may have lost. There are so many more options out there other than cloning a similar child.

Loss should be discussed more and ways on how to handle it should be discussed not in a way you do not understand, but in a way that people will understand on a mundane level. Parents need to understand that loss might just happen and preparing yourself mentally before it does happen is a good way on how to deal with it when or if it does ever happen.

The reason why cloning has never hit big is not only because it is highly expensive, but what is the point? Wouldn’t it hurt more on a mentality level of the parent raising another child that looks just like the previous child? And on another note, wouldn’t it be selfish by erasing your memories of the previous child that had passed away and not allowing you to gain full closure? I rest my case, if you can answer those questions for me in a way that is understandable.

With that said, I would like to point out that I have never dealt with a loss like that, but hiding your feelings from your loved one’s death by cloning them to me is also a spiritual loss of yourself. Whatever religion or philosophy you believe in, you just have to understand that death does happen. There is nothing we can do to prevent it because it is part of life and it is something you have to come into terms with on your own.

I would never ever raise a child that was cloned. Never could I handle that responsible or be reminded of even more that child’s presence that I have lost. I would on a mental, spiritual and physical level be more satisfied with accepting the child’s death and writing her letters or viewing photos and having those memories that I have saved from her life.

Knowing in my heart, that that child is off in a better place and continues to watch, gives me a satisfied feeling and fills the empty void that was once there. Even if you have a cloned child, it is hiding your inevitability to gain control of yourself and eventually you will remember the other child that you have lost.