Society

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

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The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin collecting genetic data on hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities.
Genomics

A New Book Offers an Introduction to the Ethical Dimensions of Germline Gene Editing

By Adam Hayden, Science | 09.30.2019

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With Altered Inheritance, bioethicist Françoise Baylis has authored a vivid call to action that “aims to bridge the divides between theory, science, politics, and practice.”
Human Genetic Modification

It’s Past Time to Compensate Survivors of Eugenic Sterilization

By Emily Galpern | 09.25.2019
Biopolitical Times
Each passing year, more people die who would be eligible for reparations after involuntary sterilization in California.
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Dr. Stuart Newman: “It Seems to Me That We Are Headed for A Techno-Eugenic Future”

By Mohsen Abdelmoumen, American Herald Tribune | 09.05.2019

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Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies

Wrestling with the Legacy of Eugenics

By Jennifer Rainey Marquez, Georgia State University Research Magazine | 02.08.2022

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U.S. States
Cover of the NWLC Sterilization report

More than half the country has laws that allow forced sterilizations: new report

By Shirin Ali, The Hill | 02.07.2022

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U.S. States
Eric Lander

Top White House scientist resigns after review finds he demeaned staff

By Tyler Pager, The Washington Post | 02.07.2022

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Genomics
Alice Wong making a presentation

Disabled activist speaks out about feeling ‘disposable’ during pandemic

By Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle | 02.05.2022

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Media Coverage
IV bag and line at a hospital

With CRISPR gene editing, unique treatments begin to take off for rare diseases

By Meeri Kim, The Washington Post | 02.05.2022

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Human Genetic Modification
E. O. Wilson

Ideology as Biology

By Mark Borrello and David Sepkoski, The New York Review | 02.05.2022

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Society
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New CRISPR patent hearing continues high-stakes legal battle

By Jon Cohen, Science | 02.04.2022

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Human Genetic Modification
Closeup of an eye being analyzed by biometric technology

History offers a cautionary tale for biometric covid tracking systems

By Michelle Spektor, The Washington Post | 02.03.2022

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Eugenics