Aggregated News

Do you favor or oppose scientific experimentation on the cloning of human beings?
Favor
Oppose
Don't know / Refused
General population
17
77
6
- White evangelical Protestant
8
88
4
- White mainline Protestant
15
79
6
- White Catholic
18
75
7
- Black Protestant
13
81
6
- Secular
33
56
11
 
(If opposed) Is your objection to research on human cloning based more on ... the belief that the science is not yet safe enough but could be in the future the belief that it is morally wrong Both / other / don't know / refused
General population
19
72
9
- White evangelical Protestant
10
81
9
- White mainline Protestant
23
67
10
- White Catholic
19
72
9
- Black Protestant
17
78
5
- Secular
32
57
11
  • Survey population: 2002 adult Americans
  • Date of survey: February 25 to March 10, 2002
  • Conducted in association with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
  • Margin of error: 3.5%
  • Source: "Public Makes Distinctions on Genetic Research," The Pew Research Center for the...