In 2001 and 2002, several newspapers wrote articles about the emerging opposition to cloning and human genetic manipulation among feminists, environmentalists, liberals and progressives. Most press accounts reported this opposition as a "strange bedfellows" or "odd coalition" story, and failed to explain that the concerns of conservative opponents of cloning are very different from those that motivate pro-choice liberals or progressives.

Richard Willing, "Odd Mix of Activists Stands Together against Cloning," USA Today (July 16, 2001)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010716/3484335s.htm

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Some for Abortion Rights Lean Right in Cloning Fight," The New York Times (January 24, 2002)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/politics/24CLON.html

• Judy Norsigian's letter to the editor in response to the article acknowledges the similarities in positions while emphasizing the important differences between supporters and opponents of abortion rights.
  http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/clonyt.htm

Wesley J. Smith, "Strange Clonefellows: The Left-right Anti-cloning Coalition," The Weekly Standard (Vol. 7, No. 21, February 11, 2002)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/869vvfqt.asp

Kristen Philipkoski, "Cloning Makes Strange Bedfellows," Wired (March 25, 2002)
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,51247,00.html