Technically, it is not a vast leap to transfer a human nucleus. And as the furore over Seed's proposed clinic demonstrates, there will be people who want a clone. Experience worldwide shows that infertile couples may go to enormous lengths to pass on their genes. Given that the alternative is to accept a donation of sperm or egg, and so have a child that is genetically half their own, there will be couples who would prefer to try for a child who is a clone of one of them. After all, they can argue that nature already produces twins.
Age changes people.
Changes in attitude towards reproductive technologies can be very fast. Less than a century ago, people were appalled by the artificial insemination of animals. Twenty years ago, the birth of the first test-tube baby created a storm of controversy. Now IVF is just another acronym in the dictionary. Our first reactions are often emotional.