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Do you approve or disapprove of the use of cloning for each of the following purposes? good idea / yes bad idea / no Don't Know
- To produce babies whose vital organs can be used to save the life of others? 19 78 3
- To provide infertile couples using test-tube fertilization with more embryos to increase their chances of conceiving? 33 63 4
- To make it possible for parents to have a twin at a later date? 13 86 2
  • Survey population: 1031 Americans
  • Date of survey: 1998
  • Source: Yankelovich Partners via Matthew C. Nisbet, "Public Opinion About Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning" Public Opinion Quarterly 2004 68(1):131-154; doi:10.1093/poq/nfh009, http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/68/1/131