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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Are fertility drugs safe? The industry says yes; critics worry they’re overprescribed.

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 12.27.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
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Surrogacy Should Be Regulated, but the New Bill Falls Short

By Deepa V., Sarojini Nadimpally and Oshin Siao Bhatt, The Wire | 12.20.2018

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Policies
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Academic society to retract push for eugenic protection law 66 yrs after its proposal

By Norikazu Chiba, The Mainichi | 12.19.2018

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Other Countries
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WHO to Create Global Advisory Panel on Human Gene Editing

By Marcia Frellick, Medscape [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 12.18.2018

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Genetic Selection
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He Jiankui’s Genetic Misadventure, Part 2: How Different Are Chinese and Western Bioethics?

By Jing-Bao Nie, Neil Pickering, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 12.13.2018

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Genomics
Pregnant woman holding her belly.

Scientists Say Gene-Edited Babies Claim Is 'Wake-Up Call' For World

By Rob Stein, NPR [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 12.13.2018

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Genomics
There is a chalk drawing of a strong man behind a smaller person wearing a hood and looking down.

A genetically augmented future

By Ellen Wright Clayton, Nature | 12.12.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
A string of DNA.

Baby Gene Edits Could Affect a Range of Traits

By David Cyranoski, Scientific American | 12.12.2018

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Human Genetic Modification