Cloning again Yes, I'm still at it. Charles Murtaugh briefly addresses cloning again, restating his opinion that therapeutic cloning is OK, but reproductive cloning is not.
I still don't see any ethical difference between the two. If it is OK to create an organism to harvest its parts, why is it not OK to create an organism and allow it to become a person? We do this with in vitro fertilization all the time. The only difference is that a clone would have one parent, not two. So what?
It's in for a penny, in for a pound on this issue. If you don't like where it leads, you may want to re-examine your support for cloning in general.
I've asked Charles to comment on this, as I respect his opinion. If he finds the time to reply, I'll post it here.
Posted by Rich at April 23, 2002 12:50 AM