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
embryo

New California Law Advances Embryo Donation By Baby Steps

By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 09.21.2022

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Policies
a person in a lab coat handles a specimen

The controversial embryo tests that promise a better baby

By Max Kozlov, Nature | 09.21.2022

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Genetic Selection

A Campaign to Legalize Heritable Genome Editing in the UK?

By Pete Shanks | 09.21.2022
Biopolitical Times
Assisted Reproduction
vials of genetic code in different colors in a line

No public funding for the biologization of social inequality!

By Staff, Gen-ethisches Netzwerk e.V. | 09.12.2022

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Other Countries
silhouettes of people in front of DNA sequences and a graphic of planet earth

Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools that aren’t just based on white people – this international team is collecting DNA samples around the globe

By Hailiang Huang, The Conversation | 09.12.2022

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Genomics
a jellyfish in blue on a dark blue/black background in the ocean

Who Owns the Ocean’s Genes? Tension on the High Seas

By Olive Heffernan, Scientific American | 09.12.2022

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Policies
a hand intervenes in a strand of DNA

Starting a Revolution Isn’t Enough

By Jennifer A. Doudna, The Atlantic | 09.12.2022

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Human Genetic Modification
a photo of Alice Wong's book Year of the Tiger

How disability advocate Alice Wong turned her anger into action

By Anna Leahy, The Washington Post | 09.09.2022

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Civil Society