I've had conversations with a colleague who has left over embryos from artifical insemination. She is not inclined to destroy them because she thinks they are full human beings. A thought crossed my mind today as I was reading a paper on cloning: It is possible that my colleague could give these embryos to her children. The child could implant the embryos and give birth. What are the moral/social implications of being the mother of your own brother or sister?

As far as I know, this would be completely legal, yet the moral and social implications seem in many ways to be similar to that of cloning, particularly if the child chooses an embryo that is her identical twin.

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