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Should human beings be cloned? With a Brave New World advancing quickly upon us, each new announcement of cloned animals, chimeras and human embryos finds scientists, ethicists, politicians and citizens trying to answer the ultimate question: whether what can be done, should be done.

The majority of Americans, and people around the world, are repulsed at the idea of creating identical replicas of human beings. Proponents of cloning, however, are working to change this.

Tapping into the natural compassion for victims of disease and handicaps, the bio-tech industry is presenting cloning as a potential avenue to healing. The industry has divided the debate over cloning into two realms: reproductive and therapeutic.