Clones away This Wired story is about a reproductive cloning activist. I think those who favor human reproductive cloning are being disingenuous when they assert that it will be safe. But those who oppose reproductive cloning on the grounds we can't know what negative effects it will have on the clone make me a bit nervous-will we have parents not bring to term children that we know will be severely disabled? We are, for better or worse, a society where people have the freedom to bring into the world children that might lead painful lives. Ramesh Ponnuru over Tech Central Station makes a non-theological case against cloning that is closely tied to the pro-life position. One can make a non-theological case against abortion-rights and all sorts of reproductive technology that puts the fetus at risk. On the other hand, Ramesh's position makes me wonder-if the embryo has the same rights as a human being, than its destruction is wanton killing, and as some have pointed out, there is an abortion holocaust going on. And yet only a tiny minority of pro-life activists will advocate physical means to stop abortion. It seems that is where Ramesh's axioms would logically lead.