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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A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse

By Cade Metz and Karen Weise, The New York Times | 05.05.2025

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Patents & Other IP
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Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed

By Derek Beres, The Guardian | 05.04.2025

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Society
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Spain bans its embassies from registering babies born through surrogacy

By Aitor Hernandez-Morales, Politico | 04.30.2025

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Policies
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Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there’s new hope

By Laura Ungar, Associated Press | 04.26.2025

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Human Genetic Modification
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They say they want Americans to have more babies. What’s beneath the surface?

By Lisa Hagen, NPR | 04.25.2025

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U.S. Federal
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‘Reeks of eugenics’: Administration’s autism ‘registry’ draws Nazi Germany comparisons

By David Badash , AlterNet | 04.24.2025

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Bioethics

How Much Do (Human) Eggs Really Cost?

By Emma McDonald Kennedy | 04.24.2025
Biopolitical Times
U.S. Federal
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The Ugly Historical Echoes of Kennedy’s Comments on Autism

By Jessica Grose, The New York Times | 04.23.2025

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