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
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Amid the Turmoil of Covid, Biosafety Legislation Gets Political

By Michael Schulson, Undark Magazine | 06.27.2022

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U.S. Federal
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Genetic Screening Results Just Got Harder to Handle Under New Abortion Rules

By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News | 06.27.2022

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Genetic Selection
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With Roe v. Wade overturned, disabled people reflect on how it will impact them

By Shruti Rajkumar , NPR | 06.25.2022

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Policies

Threat, Promise, and the Need for Regulation: AI Is Here

By Pete Shanks | 06.23.2022
Biopolitical Times
U.S. Federal
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A Preview of the Dangerous Future of Abortion Bans — Texas Senate Bill 8

By Whitney Arey, Ph.D et al.,, The New England Journal of Medicine | 06.22.2022

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U.S. States
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Half in UK back genome editing to prevent severe diseases

By Ian Sample , The Guardian | 06.22.2022

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Assisted Reproduction
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Where science meets fiction: the dark history of eugenics

By Adam Rutherford, The Guardian | 06.19.2022

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Other Countries
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Children to get CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease in trial

By Michael Le Page, New Scientist | 06.16.2022

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Human Genetic Modification