To that end, the crippled, the mentally deficient, sufferers of hereditary diseases, and those thought to be racially inferior were to be stopped from breeding. ... Some experts suggest that cloning would be justified to replace a dead child or to help save someone dying of an incurable disease through organ or marrow transplant (Sharp and Sharn). For example, parents might decide to clone a child with a fatal disease in order to help save the first child. ...

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Consequently, Germany adopted a sterilization law in 1933, which made feeble-minded, blind/deaf, and persons with hereditary diseases such as Huntington's disease, subject to forced sterilization for the good of the people (Lifton et al. 1994). ... Some experts suggest that cloning would be justified to replace a dead child or to harvest organs and/or bone marrow to save a child dying of an incurable disease (Sharp et al. 1997). ... Additionally, the possibility that clones would be more subject to disease is a mystery. ... Further, sexual reproduction, with its mixing of genes from b...

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