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by dragonwriter 2812 days ago
> If a clone is given the same rights as a non-clone, I can't see how cloning is unethical.

A child of rape has the same rights as someone who isn't a child of rape, but rape is still unethical. The equality of the rights granted to a person who is a product of an act indicate nothing about the ethics of the act.

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> A child of rape has the same rights as someone who isn't a child of rape, but rape is still unethical

Cute, but irrelevant. Please tell me how something not too different from in-vitro fertilization is comparable to someone forcing themselves onto another person and giving them PTSD.

> The equality of the rights granted to a person who is a product of an act indicate nothing about the ethics of the act.

I'll clarify: Combining inanimate objects in a way that leads to the birth of a child, who has the same rights, is not unethical. Sexual reproduction utilizes biological pathways to achieve the exact same result. Why is an "artificial" (whatever that means) pathway unethical, exactly?