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Debate: Ban on human reproductive cloning
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- Argument: Cloning is in this respect no different from any other new medical technology
- Argument: If women have a right to reproduce, society can't say "not by cloning"
- Argument: Cloning is more predictable than natural reproduction
- Argument: Cloning-reproduction would never compete with sex-reproduction
- Argument: Human cloning would enable infertile couples to have children
- Argument: Opponents of cloning must tolerate the practice
- Argument: Moral arguments against cloning are unfair to future human clones
- Argument: Deformed clones would still be happy to be alive
- Argument: Medical advancements once feared are now accepted; cloning is the same
- Argument: Opponents exaggerate the impact that cloning will have on the world
- Argument: Human cloning may enable rejuvenation and the reversing of aging
- Argument: Human cloning technology could be used to reverse heart attacks
- Argument: Cloning can produce new cells (and organs) to replace dead ones
- Argument: Cloning can be used in breast implants, eliminating risks of silicon
- Argument: Cloning is ethical in exceptional circumstances, so should always be legal
- Argument: People can create clones to lead the lives they wanted for themselves
- Argument: People can create clones to be ideal, twin-like companions
- Argument: Cloning allows gay couples to have children of their own blood
- Argument: Opponents of cloning will have to deny the sick that request it
- Argument: Cloning will likely lead to major medical advancements/save lives
- Argument: Cloning does not xerox an individual; all individuals become unique
- Argument: Cloned babies would be loved by parents that choose to have them
- Argument: Human clones will not reduce human biological diversity
- Argument: Cloned humans have a soul and are ordinary humans in every way
- Argument: Artificial wombs are impossible to grow
- Argument: People want to clone humans for their organs
- Argument: Clones are not good or bad; they have the potential to be either
- Argument: Parental motives can't be used against cloning and not normal child-rearing
- Argument: Opposition to human cloning existed to advance therapeutic cloning
- Debate:Banning Human Cloning (redirect page)
- Debate: Therapeutic cloning
- Debate:Banning Human Reproductive Cloning (redirect page)
- Argument: Cloning technology is unsafe for the resulting life
- Argument: Human cloning reduces biological diversity in the human population
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- Argument: It is a false requirement that clones possess individuality
- Argument: Human cloning "plays God" less than lauded therapeutic cloning
- Argument: Cloning is safe enough to perform on humans
- Argument: Scientists want to create a race of clones to experiment on
- Argument: Cloning undermines the natural relationship between procreation and family
- Argument: Cloning plays against God's intentions for reproduction and family
- Argument: Reproductive cloning undermines human dignity
- Argument: A cloned human would have a diminished sense of identity/individuality
- Argument: Reproductive cloning generally diminishes human individualism
- Argument: Pushing forward with human cloning violates the precautionary principle
- Argument: Human cloning divorces man from nature and natural processes
- Argument: The American public opposes human cloning
- Argument: Cloning leads to the commodification and manufacture of humans
- Argument: Human cloning is a threat to the environment
- Argument: Human clones will be seen and treated by some as inferior
- Argument: While illegal clones should have rights, a ban is still justified
- Argument: Parents that lose a child should not be assuaged with a cloned baby
- Argument: It is wrong to legalize cloning to uphold abortion
- Argument: Reproductive cloning would entail dehumanizing experimentation
- Argument: Cloning evil people will not result in evil clones
- Argument: Clones' quality-of-life depends on how they are received/treated
- Argument: Cloning will not lead to the mass production of clones
- Argument: Humans have the right to choose to practice cloning
- Argument: Human cloning will increase inequalities in society
- Argument: Cloned humans should have equal rights
- Argument: Human reproductive cloning has been rejected by the United Nations
- Argument: Human cloning makes individuals replaceable



