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Argument: Human cloning makes individuals replaceable
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"Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance". United Nations University. September 2007 - "Amongst the arguments raised against cloning has been concern that reproductive cloning would lessen the respect for individuals because of the feeling that they could easily be replaced.23 Every form of reproductive technology raises some question of human values, dignity, worth and juridical rights, some linked to the notion that the person should not be used as a mere mechanical instrument, and that every human individual is a non-repeatable being."
