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[Star Trek] Was Riker and Pulaski killing their clones in Up the Long Ladder considered murder, especially as Ibudan killed his clone and charged with murder in A Man Alone? Similarly, would it be considered murder if Will killed his transporter clone Thomas Riker.
gpt
Ibudan's clone was sentient enough to go for a massage in a holodeck, Thomas Riker was clearing a person.  The clones Riker and Pulaski killed would be more akin to performing an abortion.  They weren't sentient yet (hopefully they really didn't try to check before the phasers came out)