 Why was human cloning banned?
Human Clones: Why Not? Bills are in the works in both houses of Congress to outlaw human cloning--a step urged on all governments by the pope himself. Cloning humans is taken to be either 1) a fundamentally evil thing that must be stopped or, at the very least, 2) a complex ethical issue that needs legislation and regulation. Besides, most researchers thought cloning humans was impossible--so, for the moment, there's unlikely to be a grant-request backlog. Less than two decades ago, a similar concern was raised over the ethical issues involved in "test-tube babies." Even if people have the right to do it, is cloning a good idea? Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
 It was a preemptive measure. It's too complex to allow it to be explored unregulated.
 It was a preemptive measure. It's too complex to allow it to be explored unregulated.  It is objectively immoral and "evil."  It was an easy political stance for Bill Clinton to take.  There was no real research behind it, so there was no pushback on a bad.