Inmyopinion,ifacoupleisunabletoconceiveachild,thenthereareplentyofchildreninorphanagesandfostercarethatcoulduseahomeandfamily.Adoptinganorphanismucheasier,cheaper,virtuous,andsafersolutionthantryingtocloneahumanbeing,notincludinghelpingachildinneed.

　　Selectingthemostperfectgeneticdonorinsomeone’sopinion,whetheritisAlbertEinstein,MichaelJordan,orsomeotheraboveaverageperson,changesthenormsofsociety.Imagineaworldwithfewervariationsofpeoplewhoareeithersuper-geniusesorsuper-athletes.Ontheotherhand,advancesinscienceandtechnologywouldgrowatanevenfasterrateandmorepeoplewouldbehealthier.Ijudgethispurposeasasufficientlygoodenoughreasonforallowinghumancloning;however,Iamverysuspiciousofintentionallymakingabetterraceofpeople.MaybeI’veseentoomanysciencefictionmovies.

　　Thegrowingscientificfieldknownasregenerativemedicine,alsoknownastherapeuticcloning,isallowingthousandsoflivestobesavedfromcloninghumancells,tissues,andevenorgans.Cloninghumanbodypartsguaranteesageneticmatchtopreventorganrejectionsandalsodoesnotrequireimmunosuppressivedrugs.However,thisresearchisstillinitsinfancyandrequiresalotmoretime,effort,andmoneybeforeitmaturesintosavingalotmorepeople.Ifhumancloningiscompletelybanned,thenthistypeofresearchwouldbestoppedandalotofliveswouldbelost.Therefore,thistypeofhumancloningshouldalsobeallowed.