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

Aggregated News

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

Aggregated News

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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Genetic Testing Kits: Unprecedented Privacy Risks

By Sarah Russo, The Technoskeptic [Cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.01.2018

Aggregated News

U.S. Federal
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What Do We Do With the Science of Monstrous Men?

By Daniel Engber, Slate | 07.31.2018

Aggregated News

Arts & Culture
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Our Assembly-Line Future?

By Stuart A. Newman, Counterpunch | 07.31.2018

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Other Countries
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Ancestry, 23andMe and others say they will follow these rules when giving DNA data to businesses or police

By Tony Romm and Drew Harwell, Washington Post | 07.31.2018

Aggregated News

Genomics
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As It Happens: Friday Edition - 23andme Pharma

Media Coverage

Genes for Success? Not Exactly

By Pete Shanks | 07.27.2018
Biopolitical Times
Society

A Short History of Our “Genes of the Week”

By Pete Shanks | 07.27.2018
Biopolitical Times
Society
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Public Views of Gene Editing for Babies Depend on How It Would Be Used

By Cary Funk and Meg Hefferon, Pew Research Center | 07.26.2018

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Society