CGS : Marcy Darnovsky's Publications

Marcy Darnovsky's Publications

Who should own DNA? All of us[Op-Ed]by Marcy Darnovsky and Karuna Jaggar, Los Angeles TimesApril 12th, 2013You can't patent the sun; why should you be able to patent human genes?

Eugenics Fear Over Gene Modification[Letter to the Editor]by David King et al., The GuardianMarch 15th, 2013The benefits of mitochondrial replacement are heavily outweighed by the risks to the child and to society.

Letters to the Editor of "Contraception" in Response to Coeytaux, Darnovsky, Fogel Responses by Francine Coeytaux, Marcy Darnovsky, and Susan Berke Fogel; Kirsten Moore; Rogerio Lobo; and R. Stan Williams.

Cloning Technology: Control the Bonanza for Research Eggs[Letter to the editor]by Marcy Darnovsky, Susan Berke Fogel, Judy Norsigian, NatureDecember 1st, 2011The demand for women’s eggs for research could soar alarmingly following a report of a new cloning technique.

Egg Freezing: Risks to Women and Children Unknown by Marcy Darnovsky, RH Reality CheckAugust 29th, 2011Recent media accounts of egg freezing typically acknowledge the inadequate follow-up studies of children born after the procedure. But they neglect to mention the known – though also under-studied – risks of egg retrieval for women.

Surrogacy and Baby-Selling: Latest Fertility Industry Scandal by Marcy Darnovsky, RH Reality CheckAugust 19th, 2011Prominent surrogacy lawyers plead guilty to setting up a baby-selling ring centered in California and the Ukraine, lying to clients and surrogates, and defrauding the state of California.

The Consequence of Unnatural Selection: 160 Million Missing Girlsby Marcy Darnovsky, Ms. Magazine BlogJune 6th, 2011Mara Hvistendahl's new book provides a deeper understanding of sex selection around the world and makes an urgent case for confronting it.

One Step Closer to Designer BabiesNew Noninvasive Prenatal Genetic Testing Could Change Human Pregnancy Foreverby Marcy Darnovsky, Science ProgressApril 22nd, 2011A new approach to testing the genes of early-stage fetuses could radically alter the experience of pregnancy and parenting from as early as five weeks, leading to a potentially dangerous moral quandary.

Assisted reproduction and choice in the biotech age: recommendations for a way forward[Editorial]by Francine Coeytaux, Marcy Darnovsky, Susan Berke Fogel, ContraceptionJanuary 1st, 2011An editorial in the journal of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.

Emerging Technologies and a Sustainable, Healthy, Just WorldThe Case of Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologiesby Marcy Darnovsky and Jesse Reynolds, Biodiversity: The Newsletter of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (Winter 2010)Environmentalists are in a position to play a critically important role in determining how powerful, emerging technologies are ultimately developed, used, and regulated.

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