Should human cloning be banned?

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Question: Should human cloning be banned?
Position‹2 of 2: No, human cloning should not be banned

This position holds that human cloning should not be banned. It argues that if people have a right to reproduce, society has no business restricting the means — and that cloning is not so different from accepted technologies like IVF, offering another route to starting a family.

Supporting arguments · 2

Human cloning is similar to IVF
Ethically, human cloning is no different to in vitro fertilization.
Human cloning is another alternative for starting a family
Clones already exist. About one in every 1,000 births results in a pair of babies with the same DNA. The world knows them as identical twins. Cloning is not the same as genetic engineering. Cloning could be a substitute to IVF if couples are infertile or if individuals wish to have a child who is genetically identical to themselves or their partner.