Should a couple be allowed to clone a baby?

[Mr 5 0]

Cloning human beings is a foolish idea.

First, I doubt it's anywhere as 'simple' as some reports make it sound and I have to assume there are many failures and complications - if the process is even ultimately successful.

I won't even delve into the moral applications and the repugnant idea of fallible human beings 'playing God' but it all sounds rather Frankenstein-like. Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. i.e. Nuclear bombs, Anthrax, giving Anna Nicolle Smith a TV show, things like that seem to go against nature.

Adoption is always available and the selfishness of couples who insist on having 'their' child is somewhat understandable but that doesn't mean they have to be indulged at any cost. Not all science is beneficial and cloning looks like a scientific, moral and medical can of worms when human beings are the subject.

I vote no.