It has been argued very fervently that human cloning may be the cure to infertility.  In 1998, when Clinton was calling for America to ban human cloning for at least 5 years, one scientist, Dr. Seed, was so adamant about opening his own cloning clinic he stated he would simply leave the US and build it elsewhere.  As of January 1998, Dr. Seed claimed to have already had four interested couples and was envisioning the demand to reach 200,000 a year (Flock 1).

Further down the line, in August of 2001, two scientists, Panos Zavos and Severino Antinori outlined their plans to experiment on up to 200 women from infertile couples.   According to the scientists, couples coming from all over the world, including U.S., Britain, and Japan, had already expressed interest (Levine 1).

The Human Cloning Foundation fully supports using human cloning to help cure infertility:

Individuals should be free to choose whatever methods are effective for enabling them to have children.  The latest technique, somatic nuclear transfer, which is the way Dolly was cloned, offers a potential cure for infertility.  Current methods of assisted reproduction are very inefficient.  Cloning technology offers infertile couples the promise of greatly improving the odds of having a baby (1).

            However, while the HCF is claiming other methods are ineffective, reproductive experts claim that there are better and safer methods to curing infertility.  These include:

• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) -- fertilization occurring outside the body, in a laboratory dish, using the eggs and sperm of the intended biological parents, or using donor eggs or sperm; sometimes described as the "test tube baby procedure."
• Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer Procedure (GIFT) -- eggs and sperm are removed from the body, and conception takes place spontaneously inside the fallopian tube.
• Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer Procedure (ZIFT) -- a combination of IFV and GIFT in which eggs are fertilized outside the body, then placed inside the fallopian tubes.
• Soon to be available: Cytoplasmic Transfer -- designed for women with faulty eggs. It lets doctors transfer DNA from the intended mother into a healthy donor's eggs.

Video Clip:  Comment after my TV human cloning debate with Dr Richard Seed who says he wants to do it now

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