|
Legal
|
Illegal
|
| Do you think it should be legal or illegal
to clone humans in the United States?* |
11
|
87
|
| - men |
16
|
82
|
| - women |
6
|
93
|
| - < $25,000/year |
8
|
92
|
| - > $100,000/year |
20
|
80
|
| - evangelical Protestant |
3
|
95
|
| - Catholic |
8
|
91
|
| - non-evangelical Protestant |
15
|
83
|
| - no religion |
22
|
77
|
|
Legal
|
Illegal
|
| Do you think human cloning for medical treatments
should be legal or illegal in the United States?** |
33
|
63
|
| - men |
41
|
56
|
| - women |
27
|
70
|
| - < $25,000/year |
23
|
75
|
| - > $100,000/year |
55
|
44
|
| - evangelical Protestant |
18
|
79
|
| - Catholic |
32
|
65
|
| - non-evangelical Protestant |
39
|
53
|
| - no religion |
53
|
46
|
|
Legal
|
Illegal
|
| Do you think it should be legal or illegal
to clone animals in the United States*** |
37
|
59
|
| - men |
49
|
47
|
| - women |
25
|
71
|
| - < $25,000/year |
17
|
81
|
| - > $100,000/year |
64
|
34
|
| - evangelical Protestant |
19
|
79
|
| - Catholic |
36
|
61
|
| - non-evangelical Protestant |
43
|
54
|
| - no religion |
55
|
40
|
|
More likely
|
Less likely
|
Does not affect opinion
|
| Human cloning for medical treatments is legal
in some other countries, such as England. Does this make
you more likely or less likely to think it should be legal
in the United States, or doesn't it affect your opinion
on the issue one way or the other? |
7
|
10
|
82
|
|
| What's had the most influence on your opinion
on the issue of cloning? |
|
Religious beliefs
|
Non-religious beliefs
|
Education
|
The news
|
Personal experience
|
Family and friends
|
Something else
|
|
36
|
17
|
16
|
15
|
4
|
3
|
9
|
* Prefaced by "Scientists say it's also possible to clone
humans, using basic genetic material from one person to produce
a child with the exact same genetic makeup."
** Prefaced by "Some scientists want to use human cloning
for medical treatments only. They would produce a fertilized
egg, or human embryo, that's an exact genetic copy of a person,
and then take cells from this embryo to provide medical treatments
for that person. Supporters say this could lead to medical breakthroughs.
Opponents say it could lead to the creation of a cloned person,
because someone could take an embryo that was cloned for medical
treatments and use it to produce a child."
*** Prefaced by "Scientists have cloned animals, using
basic genetic material from one animal to produce an offspring
with the exact same genetic makeup. Supporters say cloning animals
can lead to advances in medicine and agriculture. Opponents
say cloning animals is morally wrong and may produce offspring
with genetic abnormalities."
For both animal and therapeutic cloning, supporters say medical
breakthroughs could result. Opponents of animal cloning say
it's morally wrong and may produce offspring with genetic abnormalities;
opponents of therapeutic cloning say it could lead to the creation
of a cloned human.
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