"Cloning is, first and foremost, an act of "production", not creation. " this is just a matter of opinion. Rifkin states it as if it's fact. it's not fact. just because body parts didn't consumate doesn't make it production. he must therefore mean that artificial insemination in humans is production as well.
if cloning is ok to save species, it must be ok.
selective anthropomorphism and choice is how society will decide what is allowed and not allowed.