Reproductive cloning of human embryos is generally considered unethical. However, on the subject of therapeutic cloning, there is a wider divergence of opinion. Which of the following statements provides a likely explanation?
A) The use of adult stem cells is likely to produce more cell types than the use of embryonic stem cells.
B) Cloning to produce embryonic stem cells may lead to great medical benefits for many.
C) Cloning to produce stem cells relies on a different initial procedure than reproductive cloning.
D) A clone that lives until the blastocyst stage does not yet have human DNA.

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The potential medical benefits of therapeutic cloning are often cited as a reason for supporting it, despite ethical concerns about cloning embryonic stem cells.

Reproductive Cloning of Human Embryos Is Generally Considered Unethical