an individual's right to reproduce or to
have the kind of child that he or she wants ... For
those who hold this outlook, the only moral restraints
on cloning are adequately informed consent and the
avoidance of bodily harm. The meliorist ... see in
cloning a new prospect for improving human
beings--minimally, by ensuring the perpetuation of
healthy individuals by avoiding the risks of genetic
disease inherent in the lottery of sex, and maximally,
by producing "optimum babies," preserving outstanding
genetic material, and (with the help of soon-to-come
techniques for precise genetic engineering) enhancing
inborn human capacities on many fronts. Here the
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