I wouldn't, because the resulting child would be a completely different person, just as twins are their own people.

If I could afford to keep a spare embryo or two frozen in case something happened to my child and it was after I was able to conceive naturally, I'd do that.

However, I'd clone my favorite pet so that I could have another one when he passes.

i completly agree futureshock---i think that the memory of them is enough and that no clone no matter how alike he is would be able to take the place of the origional

pets however --maybe.

IMO, cloning is only genetic deep. Meaning if you have two identical children, they will act differently due to how they are raised. Identical twins have the same DNA and most are definitely two different people.

Pets, I know it may sound cold, but I'd just get another one. If I was really attached, I'd get the same type, and maybe even look for the same markings.

I was gonna say that!!!!

Great minds think alike!

we watched a video about cloning at my school and one woman said she has tried atrifical insemination to get pregnant and failed and said if she could find a place to clone an egg of hers to have a child she would because that child would be hers fuly and if it was by insemination the baby would not be like her at all and she couldnt share traditions and what not which i feel is completely wrong..by cloning an egg to have a child, that baby is going to look pretty much 99.9% like you with a slight difference, it doesnt seem right, her insemination theory is wrong because its a donor sperm and your own egg so she would still be able to share traditions and what not..

ppl clone their dead pets..i dont agree with this either, thats like saying, when my grandparents die, lets clone them so they can still be around..that defeats the whole death stage we go through in life, its natures way of saying your time has come and now you will grieve and move on. How would you explain that to a child, they would be pretty confuses wondering why they jsut burried fluffy yesterday, but now a month later heres fluffy again lol

Is that gorgeous pic of the dog you have under your screen name your dog?

I have a little minion of my own a whole whopping 15 months old. I was given and took the option of donating the chord blood for stem cell research and to be put in with other donated things so when it is needed it can be used. Sure I could have put it on ice in the off chance something happens but I'd rather donate (and more people donate to the cause)

But would I close my little bundle of d00m ~ no. It'd be all like oh man what was that stupid movie about that but anyway.........

The memory would be enough I think in theory it sounds all great but the reality is could you really look at that clone and not have the memory of the first child's death in your mind.

For reference about 9 years ago my god-son died of cancer. He was 7 months old. It was horrible to watch I was 19 years old and it was really the first person up front I watched die. I always thought to myself "if I ever have a boy I want to name him Kieren in honor of my god-son. Well I got knocked up and sure enough the ultrasound told me "i got the good i'm a boy!!!!" so in names that was one of the top, but in the end after saying the name 20 or so times in a row I didn't know if I could hear the name over and over and not remember those last moments. Now take that and apply it personally I just could not do it.