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
multicolored dna strands

Dobbs decision is a huge setback for genetic counseling and the people who need it

By Sonia M. Suter and Laura Hercher, STAT | 08.25.2022

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Genomics
head of a mouse embryo

Scientists have created synthetic mouse embryos with developed brains

By Rhiannon Williams, MIT Technology Review | 08.25.2022

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Animal Biotechnologies
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Stem cell agency lists own board members with conflicts of interest

By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 08.24.2022

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U.S. States
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The Surrogacy Industry Braces for a Post-Roe World

By David Dodge, The New York Times | 08.23.2022

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Policies
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Inside the race to make human sex cells in the lab

By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 08.23.2022

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Human Genetic Modification
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Reproductive Embryo Editing: Attending to Justice

By Inmaculada De Melo-Martín, The Hastings Center Report | 08.22.2022

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Society
a dna helix with some tweezers

Thence We Will Create Superhumans

By Corinne Othenin-Girard, Philosophical Investigations | 08.22.2022

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Genetic Selection
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New Bill Would Bring Back Terrible Software and Genetic Patents

By Joe Mullin, Electronic Frontier Foundation | 08.18.2022

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Genomics