JC> SB> My primary concern about cloning is that the humanity of the
  > SB> individuals created by cloning, unless recognized by new laws, could
  > SB> be disregarded, with clones being made for spare body parts, etc.  I
  > SB> already hear people talking about that, and some of these people
  > SB> talking seriously about this are medical researchers.  In my mind, a
  > SB> person is a person is a person, no matter how they got formed.
JC> I guess that depends on how they "harvest" the spare parts. For example:
Yeah, you're probably right; that most folks wouldn't actually kill the
cloned baby, once it becomes obviously a baby, to harvest body parts.
But I am very uncomfortable with even hearing it discussed in medical
research circles.  And, hey, this is not rumor.  Because of my husband's
job, I hear what is actually being discussed in those circles.  There's
an astonishing refusal to say a human is a human is a human.
                              Sondra
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