Table 1.

Summary of findings regarding reproductive human cloning.

Themes	Subthemes	Salient examples
Theme 1: Both regulation and accountable engagement required	1.1. Regulation more sophisticated than plain prohibition through accountable engagement	“Simple prohibition is not indicative of mature society. I would hope for sophistication and maturity” (I5.3, I5.4).
	1.2. Well-informed engagement	“Educating people and addressing stigmas surrounding reproductive cloning and the myths surrounding people if people do decide to do something that they are clear on what it actually is and what the primary purpose then would be” (H7.2).
Theme 2: Potential consequences for which regulations and engagement should account	2.1. Valuing personhood and dignity of a clone	“A person has value in itself not because of their genes or how they were created” (H5.4). And “...Even if I clone myself the person is not going to be the same as myself, because they are going to have different experiences in life and they will not be the same person. Yes but I think to artificially clone somebody is different.” (F14.1).
	2.2. Exploitation for unacceptable selfish reasons and corruption by people in powerful positions	“It would be important to regulate because individuals are easily corrupted by their own (selfish) desires.” (H6.2).
	2.3. Unwanted societal consequences	“The decision to then clone themselves would, in all likelihood, be because of their narcissism, and then you would just – there will be a greater percentage of people with that problem thinking about themselves and not for the greater good in society. So, I think, yes, in the end, you would sit with individuals with certain characteristics and there would not be a diversity of characteristics, and I do not think that’s good, because a lot of the characteristics that you would then sit with are not necessarily positive” (F19.2).
Theme 3: Freedom and wonder to reproduce	3.1. Reproductive freedom to become a parent by whichever means	“Based on individual freedom and a libertarian society there should not be any limits to reproductive freedom, You know I find it difficult, because I do not think that we want to live in a prescriptive society. I do value individual freedom. I think that is incredibly important, it’s one of the core values. The freedom to explore what is valuable for you and without too many restrictions” (E18.1).
	3.2. Reproductive freedom with limits	“I think your freedom only goes that far, but I think there are limits.” (E18.2).
	3.3. Reproductive freedom has to do with the wonder of reproduction	“The ethical debate around cloning, per se, does not concern me as much – humans are, by nature, an inquisitive species” (B3).