Human cloning: the child of IVF

It doesn't stop there. Once creating human lives outside the womb is acceptable, then human cloning is the next logical step. IVF has begotten human cloning. Don't believe me? This story proves the link between IVF and human cloning. And this clinic is by no means unique. From Domain-B.com:

The Australian government has issued the world's first licence to clone a human embryo, allowing scientists at in-vitro fertilisation firm Sydney IVF to create cloned human embryos to extract embryonic stem cells.

Sydney IVF said it would use only eggs that are unusable for IVF and which donors had given consent for in the research, adding, three different types of cells - embryonic stem cells, cumulus cells attached to the collected eggs and skin cells – would be used to produce the cloned embryos.

The IVF firm claims to have a unique combination of skills, technology and access to 7,200 human eggs for its research. Sydney IVF also claims to be the first, in 2004, to extract stem cells from Australian IVF embryos. It has since extracted and grown 10 more colonies of embryonic stem cells this way, the firm said.

Now it is therapeutic cloning, or cloning-to-produce stem cells. But, when reproductive cloning, or cloning-to-produce children, becomes a reality, it will be the IVF clinic that offers it as part of their "reproductive choices" menu.