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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Drug giant Glaxo teams up with DNA testing company 23andMe

By Maggie Fox, NBC News | 07.25.2018

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Society
Image of a recently fertilized egg with few cells.

Opening the door to new high-tech eugenics is absolute folly

By Richard Hayes, Financial Times | 07.18.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 07.17.2018

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Civil Society
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Genetically modified babies given go ahead by UK ethics body

By Ian Sample, The Guardian [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.17.2018

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Human Genetic Modification

Public and policy makers grow suspicious of genetic testing companies—for good reason

By Adam O'Regan | 07.10.2018
Biopolitical Times
Policies

“Flipping Out” Over Consent and Privacy: When Surrogacy Meets Reality Television

By Alyssa M. Newman, Pop A.R.T. Guest Columnist | 07.09.2018
Biopolitical Times
Arts & Culture
DNA Strain

DESIGNER BABIES, CRISPR & GENETIC ENGINEERING

Human Genetic Modification
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Survival of the Richest

By Douglas Rushkoff, Medium | 07.05.2018

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A "Post-Human" Future?