Against Human Cloning

Human cloning is reproduction without the joining of sperm and egg. Instead, in the laboratory, the nucleus of the egg is replaced with the nucleus of another cell to produce an embryo. The nucleus could come from the woman who donated the egg or any human – male or female. The result is an embryo that is genetically identical with the donor of the nucleus.
The Benefits?
Science will argue the potential benefits of cloning. Spare-part surgery, like heart and kidney transplantation, is greatly hampered by the problem of rejection of the new organ because it is not genetically identical to the recipient. If however embryos with the identical genetic make up of the sick person could be produced by cloning, the possibility of perfect spare-parts would become a reality. This is, at present, much closer than many would like to admit. It would also involve the destruction of the embryos produced, in order to harvest...