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
Photograph of an empty doctor's office.

Swelling, bleeding and even death – women who donate their eggs face many medical risks

By Priyanka Vora, Scroll.in | 06.20.2018

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Assisted Reproduction

Polling News

By Pete Shanks | 06.20.2018
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification
Lonely road stretching into the distance with the U.S. Mexico border wall flanking it.

Behind the Criminal Immigration Law: Eugenics and White Supremacy

By Ian MacDougall, ProPublica | 06.19.2018

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U.S. Federal
An Indian woman gazes into the distance and appears to be thinking.

‘No other way to earn money’: Why women from poor families become egg donors for infertile couples

By Priyanka Vora, Scroll.in | 06.19.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
A pregnant woman in a blue dress holds her stomach and gazes at the camera.

How IVF became a licence to print money

By Fay Schopen, The Guardian | 06.18.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
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Couple takes legal action against Toronto fertility clinic over damaged eggs, embryos

By CTVNews.ca Staff, CTV News | 06.18.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
A computer generated animation of a cross-section of a human heart beating.

Scientists edit heart muscle gene in stem cells, may be able to predict risk

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | 06.18.2018

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Genomics
An artist's rendering of a futuristic-looking human figure made up of nitrogenous bases A, T, C, and G.

5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies

By Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.16.2018

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Bioethics