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Scientific research has led to cloning and genetic engineering technology becoming much more advanced and obtainable. These innovations raise ethical dilemmas concerning the manipulation of the processes through which life is created. Medical procedures can be used both to benefit and exploit human life at a vulnerable point in its existence. For instance people who experience difficulty conceiving a child may use in vitro fertilization to start their family. However, producing embryos to obtain stem cells for medical procedures or experimentation, and then discarding them after their materials have been harvested, is exploitation of a developing human life. Not all people consider an embryo as a life, so this practice has continued through the past century. The medical field has failed to answer these ethical queries. Secular science places no boundaries on how this science may be used. The technology is rapidly becoming available that will allow parents to genetically model their child’s appearance. Manipulating the physical characteristics of an organism is the central purpose of cloning. This leads to the dangerous path towards eugenics; the world has already witnessed the horrors of this practice before. Moral boundaries must be placed on this science before it is further abused in ways beyond our current knowledge and imagination. Very little decisive action has been taken in respect to genetic engineering because of the predominantly secular nature of the scientific community. No one should have the ability to play god in creating and destroying life; the only one who has the right to do this is our Creator.
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