SBC comes out against patenting of human genetic material

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention is on record in support of genetic research aimed at the treatment and cure of the approximately 4,000 genetically linked diseases which afflict humankind. But while we have been generally supportive of the advance of genetic science, lauding its potential for good, we are equally concerned about the potential for abuses. We view the patenting of human genes as a particularly egregious abuse of genetic technology. ERLC statement; additional commentary