Cloning....Why clone anyway?

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Cloning opens up a big can of worms. For example, what rights would humans cloned for body parts have in relation to the rest of the population? How wouyld clonning be regulated, etc.

It could if people started taking it too far. At the moment, human reproductive cloning is banned in most countries that have any policy at all on the matter. I do think it's increasingly considered that any comprehensive ban on cloning restricts freedom, well..reproductive freedom I should say. The question I have is, isn't this considered to be kind of like a newly defined right, as far as human rights go?

I also think if it's regulated correctly, it would allow some couples to have children without risking passing on a genetic disorder carried by one parent. With what wreckingcrew said, I agree because it might appeal to some who hoped to have a new child who would be a compatible transplant donor for an older sibling who may need an organ. I know this is nuts, but I think if it's regulated the right way, it would theoretically allow parents to have another child with the same genetic make up as one who may have died prematurely. I mean, I understand that the child could never be a replacement, and the parents might would do better to just have another child the normal way. But at the same time, it doesn't necessarily mean that they couldn't take satisfaction from a cloned baby.