Family · Nationwide · October 1, 2026
Biotech CEO Calls for Legalizing Designer Babies, Outlet Reports
According to Dagens.com, a biotech company CEO has publicly called for legalizing the genetic engineering of embryos to select or enhance traits in children — effectively endorsing so-called "designer babies." The outlet reports this as a direct demand to change existing restrictions on embryo modification, though further details on the executive, company, and jurisdiction involved are still emerging.
Source: Dagens.com
Why Bible-Believing Christians Should Care
Scripture teaches that human beings are made in God's image and that life is formed by God's own hand, not engineered to specification by man (Psalm 139:13-14). A push to legalize genetic selection and modification of embryos treats children as products to be optimized rather than image-bearers to be received as gifts. Christians should watch this closely: even when no explicitly Christian institution is involved, the normalization of embryo editing for enhancement — not therapy — reshapes how an entire culture, including the Church's own members, thinks about the value and origin of human life. Biblical Christians have historically opposed treating procreation as a manufacturing process.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. — Psalm 139:13
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From the book
Strategically, the family is the transmission belt of civilization. It is where identity forms, where the Imago Dei, the image of God in every person, is first encountered, and where the values of the Kingdom are modeled in daily life. Which makes the family the single greatest obstacle to any totalitarian or radical ideology. A child who learns his worth from a loving father and mother is difficult for the state to indoctrinate.
— Chapter 18
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