If someone you loved died, would you want them to be cloned? What if it were your child?
95970
Not.\n\nI doubt one could ever have the same relationship with the cloned being as you did with the original. What if the relationship sucked and totally taints the memory of the original? What if the original had a sucky life and the cloned is condemned to it all over again? And the fear and grief of eventually losing that person all over again, just isn’t worth it. \n\nSome things are best as originals.
224214
I think I could if it was to defend my children. This is a tough question.  I would agree with you that most of us are probably capable of it at some threshhold level, but the threshhold is what varies tremendously.  You did not ask "could we murder" another, and that was wise of you b/c most people would answer a resounding "NO!!!" Murder is taking a life with no possibility of it being for any forgivable reason, such as those you list. \n\nIf it was a choice between someone else and my child, and my child was the innocent being threatened by the evil someone else, and it was within my power to stop the evil someone, but to do so I had to kill that person, yes, I believe I would do it, and be thankful that I had been able to do it.\n\nAnd then I would pray very hard for forgiveness, because it would be terrible to have to take another's life, even if you had no choice.
1162458
I think he means clone.\n\nIt would be murder.\n\nJust because you have the same genetic code (as does an identical twin) doesn't mean you're the same person.
438380
no, if I am in the brain dead situation I would want them to harvest my organs after my family says goodbye.  It would beat the way they stop feeding you and let you starve to death.
1063767
memory has nothing to do with cloning. clones are legal humans, just with identical DNA as some one else. no your children wouldnt be the clones children, the clone is one persons DNA put into the womb of a woman, and then it gets birthed like any other baby. nothing is the same except the dna, and especially not the age, relatives, or memory.  of corse its murder to kill a clone, the clone would be a person just like you or I. clones don't even necessarily grow up to look the same as their parent clone.
41909
I would take my kids out of school and be with them as much as I possibly could doing things and talking about things that I would not have the chance to do or they would not have the chance to do later. I would take them to places they have not been, hug them even more, make sure they knew how much I loved them. I would make sure their future is as secure as I could possibly make it.
177301
The offspring would be basically clones of the parent in DNA structure and appearance.
84942
Mostly fiction. When cloning technologies advance, humans eventualy will be able to be cloned, but not the way they show it on "the 6th say" - we won't be able to take a human body "template", "clone" it in the matter of minutes and install previous memories of the cloned individual. Normal scientific cloning, as we know it today, would generate a zygote, which would need to be implanted in a uterus and grow as a fetus. The newborn baby would have the same DNA as the cloned individual, so it would be an identical twin in a sense, but it will need to grow as a normal child to become an adult. The clone will have its own memories and probably a different personality, since it will be raised in a different environment than the DNA donor.
498163
I know that I still have a deep love for some people who have passed over, and I believe that they feel that. I also believe that their love for me did not end with their physical life, but continues in the afterlife. I don't see death as the end, but as a transition to another stage of life.
853141
When I was still pregnant with my third son. There he was safe and alive. He was born and lived only minutes so I would say I wish I could relive being pregnant with him,even if forever.
496182
Uhh... I don't want a lover that died for me... so I guess the Parents who care.\n\nNow, having a lover that WOULD die for me... that is different - then I would choose that.  lol
891263
i would say "let me know when you get ready to adopt a child, i will help all i can"    i would want my child to be happy, but i do want a grandchild, and since i only have one child,, she is it lol
491568
I think there is nothing wrong with cloning. It is just creating an exact copy of someone's body, it isn't going to replicate their mind. If someone cloned Hitler, it would look like Hitler but it wouldn't actually be him. The clone would need to be raised under the exact same circumstances, and even then, he might react differently to his surroundings. It's like how twins look alike, but don't have the same personality. If they ever decided to clone humans, I'd volunteer to be a test subject, as long as I didn't have to raise my clone.
126568
NO NO NO, an abortion is done during the development stage of a a human child. Which means the DNA hasn't fully developed either. What would be reproduced (cloned) is the the same thing that has been removed, and depending upon how exact the tolerences were on the bodily fliuds that would be needed to be used in order to finish the development were is what would determine the outcome.
968412
That is a very questionable and controversial topic. Some think so, others do not. I personally just dont know. I would like to think that the family members I have lost are still around. I miss them terribly.
152889
I would go back to when my parents were alive.  I probably wouldn't do anything different.  But I would love to spend more time with them.  Tell them one more time that I loved them.  That would be the best wish ever.
674863
I support the research on human cloning. The clones would be individuals just like the rest of us--there is more to what makes a person who they are than their genes. Look at identical twins--they share the exact same genome yet they are not exact copies of one another in experience, personality, skills, etc. \nI think the pertinant question is this: What are the ethical rules to follow when it comes to human cloning?