Human Cloning: Is making people wrong?The ultimate bit of genetic engineering would be cloning people

the aim of using them to treat illness.
The less extreme supporters of human cloning say that even if human cloning doesn't produce great benefits for the world, it's unlikely to do any real harm. Therefore cloning should be cautiously explored, rather than banned.
Much of the argument goes along the lines of the traditional pro-life, pro-choice debate.
The Roman Catholic Church has said that "every possible act of cloning humans is intrinsically evil" and can never be justified. Other faith communities are more divided in their views.

Some of the objections 

• people shouldn't play God
• cloning violates human dignity and makes people into products that can be replaced
• cloning makes people in man's image, not God's
• cloning involves destroying embryos
• cloning amounts to unethical experimentation on people
• clones will be considered inferior to 'real people'
• cloning will change family relationships
• cloning will change human relationships and the nature of society
• it's one step short of Brave New World

Is there an alternative?

Pro-life groups have urged scientists to explore alternatives to cloning. "Adult stem cells are already being successfully used to treat an ever-growing number of human conditions," argued a spokesman for LIFE in the UK. "This is the real way forward."

In June 2005, the Catholic Medical Centre in South Korea revealed it had successfully used adult stem cells to treat vascular diseases and stroke victims who have suffered brain damage. The Neuroscience Genome Research Centre, Chonbuk University and the Catholic University of Korea participated in the clinical research. Scientists there believe adult stem cells could be used as an ethical and effective alternative to human cloning.

But South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk insisted the cloning of human beings would remain an impossible and dangerous fantasy for decades to come.

The cloning expert, who in 2004 created the world's first cloned human embryonic stem cells, said: "Human cloning is not only ethically outrageous and medically dangerous, but technically impossible as well. Cloned human beings are merely a science fiction fantasy. I can assure you that on this globe, you'll never bump into a cloned human being at least within 100 years."