Religion

Theological beliefs shape faith communities’ approaches to human biotechnologies, which have the potential to redefine our understandings of life itself. Religious perspectives on human biotechnologies vary widely depending, in part, on the specific application. Many religious leaders oppose heritable genome editing and reproductive cloning on the basis of social, ethical, and theological objections. Views on research involving human embryos vary; many conservative Christian denominations, for example, oppose embryonic stem cell research.

The Eugenics Roots of Evangelical Family Values

By Audrey Clare Farley, Religion & Politics | 05.12.2021

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Beth Moore is still making waves. On April 7, soon after announcing her departure from the Southern Baptist Convention, she took to Twitter to proclaim complementarianism “a doctrine of MAN” and to beg forgiveness for supporting the theology of male...

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It’s 2020 and anti-Semitism is an electoral tactic again

By Tate Ryan-Mosley, MIT Technology Review | 11.02.2020

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There were 2,107 anti-Semitic incidents reported in the US in 2019—a record-breaking year as tracked by the Anti-Defamation League, and almost double the rate reported in 2016. The resurgence of anti-Semitism is partly attributed to the mainstreaming of QAnon, a...

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What’s happening in Xinjiang is genocide

By Editorial Board, Washington Post | 07.06.2020

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WHAT HAS been known until now about China’s persecution of the Uighurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang province has focused...

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It’s 2020 and anti-Semitism is an electoral tactic again

By Tate Ryan-Mosley, MIT Technology Review | 11.02.2020

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There were 2,107 anti-Semitic incidents reported in the US in 2019—a record-breaking year as tracked by the Anti-Defamation League, and...

Perspectives
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Better beings?

By Amber Dance, Nature Biotechnology [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.09.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
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A baby with a disease gene or no baby at all: Genetic testing of embryos creates an ethical morass

By Andrew Joseph, STAT | 10.23.2017

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Assisted Reproduction
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Two-thirds of Americans approve of editing human DNA to treat disease

By Alessandra Potenza, The Verge | 08.30.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
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Human Gene Editing Is Leaving Ethics Dangerously Far Behind

By Craig Calhoun, The World Post | 08.03.2017

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Bioethics
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China moves to expand DNA testing in Muslim region

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press | 05.16.2017

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Babies From Skin Cells? Prospect Is Unsettling to Some Experts

By Tamar Lewin, New York Times | 05.16.2017

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Assisted Reproduction
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Crispr Makes It Clear: The US Needs a Biology Strategy, and Fast

By Amy Webb, Wired | 05.11.2017

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Biopolitics
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Gene Editing, “Cultural Harms,” and Oversight Mechanisms

By Erik Parens, Bioethics Forum | 05.04.2017

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