. The challenges of human cloning for public policy in Illinois. Human cloning; Human cloning; Human cloning; Public Policy. human and animal cloning and endorsed state regulation, including a state ban on research on human cloning. On the other hand, when respondents received some background information, such as distinctions between different types of cloning and references to the objectives of cloning research, responses on some issues were very different. Although a very ^=f large majority favored a ban on cloning complete humans, Illinoisans were evenly divided on cloning complete animals,
. The challenges of human cloning for public policy in Illinois. Human cloning; Human cloning; Human cloning; Public Policy. human and animal cloning and endorsed state regulation, including a state ban on research on human cloning. On the other hand, when respondents received some background information, such as distinctions between different types of cloning and references to the objectives of cloning research, responses on some issues were very different. Although a very ^=f large majority favored a ban on cloning complete humans, Illinoisans were evenly divided on cloning complete animals, and a majority opposed a ban on cloning human tissues and organs. In addition, respondents strongly supported cloning of human organs and tissues if it would produce medical advances, and when asked, most believed that it would produce such advances. Opinions on cloning and regulation To assess Illinoisans' feelings about cloning and cloning regulation, we divided the respondents randomly into two roughly equal-sized groups, each receiving a different series of questions about cloning and cloning policy. Group 1 received a set of questions that were largely derived from the most widely cited national poll on cloning, a March 1997 Time/CNN poll, with a few addi- tional questions about state policy. All of the questions addressed broad attitudes toward cloning and cloning regulation, without provid- ing any context or back- ground information. The public's opposition to cloning and support for regulation of cloning, under this condition, were very strong. (See Table 1.) A large majority found cloning of animals morally unacceptable, and a nearly 8-1 majority found cloning of humans morally unacceptable. Most respondents said that cloning human beings is "against God's will," and that they were "scared by the prospect of cloning ; Roughly 2-1 majorities sup- ported state regulation of animal and human cloning, and a state ban on research on human clonin
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