Society

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

Aggregated News

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
Statue of Agassiz fallen down

Stanford will rename campus spaces named for David Starr Jordan and relocate statue depicting Louis Agassiz

By Chris Peacock, Stanford News | 10.07.2020

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Civil Society
a wooden gavel

Is it "fraud" when you sell bad sperm as good?

By Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech Newsletter | 10.06.2020

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Assisted Reproduction
Wheat field

Gene-Silencing Pesticides Pose New Risks to Health, Environment and Farmers

By Eva Sirinathsinghji, Kendra Klein and Dana Perls, Friends of the Earth | 10.06.2020

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Synthetic Biology

Trump's “Racehorse Theory” and Why It Matters

By Jonathan Kahn, Marcy Darnovsky, and Jonathan Marks, Biopolitical Times | 10.05.2020
Biopolitical Times
U.S. Federal
Voting by mail

Election Guide: Here's What You Need to Know About Proposition 14

By Terry McSweeney, NBC Bay Area [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.04.2020

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Policies
Reproductive surgery

A Brief History of Sterilization Abuse in the U.S. and its Connection to ICE Mass Hysterectomies in Georgia

By Gabriela Salas, National Women's Health Network | 10.02.2020

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U.S. States
Horse eye

Genetically modified horse embryo tech could be used to enhance performance

By Sarah Radford , Horse & Hound | 10.02.2020

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Animal Biotechnologies
Home DNA testing

Your ‘Ethnicity Estimate’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does

By Caitlin Harrington, Wired [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 10.02.2020

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Society