Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Sons and Daughters, Not Products: The Morality of Embryonic Gene Editing

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | June 22, 2026 |

“Genetic manipulation becomes arbitrary and unjust when it reduces life to an object, when it forgets that it is dealing with a human subject, capable of intelligence and freedom, worthy of respect whatever may be their limitations; or when it treats this person in terms of criteria not founded on the integral reality of the…

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The New Eugenics and the Disappearance of Down Syndrome

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | June 15, 2026 |

A few weeks ago, YouTube “influencers” Jesse Ridgway and his wife Ashley announced to their four million subscribers that they were expecting their first child, due in the fall. They filmed a gender reveal. They posted ultrasound photos. In an earlier video, Jesse had told his audience that he was ready for whatever came. “I…

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