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California Shouldn't Expand the Market for Women's Eggs

By Lisa Ikemoto and Diane Tober, San Francisco Chronicle | 09.12.2019

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Medical researchers would be allowed to buy women’s eggs under a bill being considered by the Legislature this week. As pro-choice, feminist scholars, we are deeply troubled by this legislation. The arguments for the legislation ignore the repercussions for prospective donors. While the bill claims, “Concerns that women will be exploited if compensated for providing human oocytes for research have not borne out” in other states, we can find no support for this statement.
Technologies

The Dignity of Disabled Lives

By Andrew Solomon, The New York Times | 09.02.2019

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Disabled lives are lives, and are charged with inherent dignity. Most people with disabilities don’t wish they had never been born; most people with disabilities contribute to the world they inhabit; most people with disabilities both give more to and get more from life than their nondisabled peers may be inclined to guess. Some have rich lives despite their disability, but others would say they have rich lives at least in part because of their disability.
Society

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.
Technologies

The Trump Administration Wants to Start DNA Testing Undocumented Immigrants in Government Custody

By Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed News | 08.29.2019

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Former senior DHS officials said an expansion of DNA collection would likely achieve little, drain resources, and force agents to do work they’d rather not be doing.
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Biopolitical Times

Rigorous Pathway or Runaway Train?

By Katie Hasson | 08.15.2019

August 14, 2019, marked the first meeting of another committee on heritable genome editing that is composed mostly of scientists:...

Technologies

Disability Rights and Heritable Genome Editing: Resources for Teaching and Learning

By Center for Genetics and Society | 07.19.2019

If you follow news about human germline editing — altering the genes and traits of future generations — you’re likely...

Technologies

CGS Statement on the Introduction of the Senate Resolution on Gene-editing Research

By Center for Genetics and Society | 07.16.2019

On July 15, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for...

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California Shouldn't Expand the Market for Women's Eggs

By Lisa Ikemoto and Diane Tober, San Francisco Chronicle | 09.12.2019
Medical researchers would be allowed to buy women’s eggs under a bill being considered by the Legislature this week. As pro-choice, feminist scholars, we are deeply troubled by this legislation. The arguments for the legislation ignore the repercussions for prospective...
Technologies

New Google Policy Bars Ads for Unproven Stem Cell Therapies

By William Wan and Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post | 09.06.2019
Google announced it will no longer accept ads for “unproven or experimental medical techniques,” including most stem cell therapy, cellular therapy, and gene therapy.
Technologies

Gene Editing’s Extra DNA Problem: Déjà Vu All Over Again

By Belinda Martineau, Biotech Salon | 09.06.2019
Are we really ready to bring gene-edited/engineered products to market when, as described by Norris et al., “our understanding of the unintended alterations” produced via these technologies is still evolving?
Technologies

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

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