It should say evangelical bioethicists,
not generic bioethicists, which
narrows the number way down.
Unfortunately, the objections of religious bioethicists count for little due to the anathema shown by government officials for objections based (or even appearing to be based) on religious belief.
Academic ethicists are the reference group that government looks to for guidance in these areas. And academic ethicists rarely, if ever, stand in the way of research that government or business wants.
Production of gene-edited humans, specifically, designer clones, is eventually going to occur. Bioethic considerations will, at best, play out on the margins. There are second, third, and fourth order downstream effects from this that will make what we have done to domesticated animals over the millennia seem like child’s play.
Remember that every dog breed today, no matter how unusual in size, appearance, or temperament, is really just a variation on the wolf.
I think that’s because it was published in Baptist Press. All the interviewed ethicists were Baptists.