%0 Journal Article %A D A Jensen %T Human reproductive cloning and reasons for deprivation %D 2008 %R 10.1136/jme.2007.021980 %J Journal of Medical Ethics %P 619-623 %V 34 %N 8 %X Human reproductive cloning provides the possibility of genetically related children for persons for whom present technologies are ineffective. I argue that the desire for genetically related children is not, by itself, a sufficient reason to engage in human reproductive cloning. I show this by arguing that the value underlying the desire for genetically related children implies a tension between the parent and the future child. This tension stems from an instance of a deprivation and violates a general principle of reasons for deprivation. Alternative considerations, such as a right to procreative autonomy, do not appear helpful in making the case for human reproductive cloning merely on the basis of the desire for genetically related children. %U https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/34/8/619.full.pdf