Why not clone a human?

OK I personally don’t believe that we should clone humans for moral, scientific and practical reasons. The practical reason is simply because I can’t see the point.  Why do we need to clone a human?  But apparently a lot of people can see a point and are lining up to be implanted, despite the high risk. And if the recent articles about the “rogue doctor” attempting to clone deceased children is any indication then cloned ankle biters will be running around sooner rather than later – see link to one article below. That is, there is no real technical reason why we can’t clone humans.  We have done it we other mammals and there are only relatively minor technical obstacles to overcome to achieve it in humans. It will just take time and a lot of money. 

Leaving aside the moral/ethical reasons for a moment — I will approach these aspects in more detail in the next GNTIS’ Ethical Question  — why do all these women or couples want to have a cloned child? The article in The Independent suggests the mother wanting to clone her deceased child wanted desperately to replace her child.  I assume she was counselled that the cloned child would be a completely different person and likely even look a bit different because of different womb conditions.  I wonder for the other couples if, for them, it just an extension of IVF, morbid curiosity, fame/celebrity status….?  

It keeps my job interesting, anyway.

(A little disclaimer here: My views are not necessarily those of the GNTIS)