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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Is DNA testing telling us more than we want to know? The untold story of Ancestry.com

By Erica Evans, Deseret News [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.30.2018

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Bioethics

The FDA Takes on Quack Stem Cell Clinics

By Pete Shanks | 05.29.2018
Biopolitical Times
U.S. Federal
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Genetic Intelligence Tests Are Next to Worthless

By Carl Zimmer, The Atlantic | 05.29.2018

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Eugenics
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Ancestry wants your spit, your DNA and your trust. Should you give them all three?

By Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC Bureau [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.29.2018

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Genomics
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‘It’s a toxic place.’ How the online world of white nationalists distorts population genetics

By Michael Price, Science Magazine | 05.22.2018

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Eugenics
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FDA plans to speed path to approval for some gene therapies, starting with hemophilia

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT News | 05.22.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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Banning Abortion in Cases of Down Syndrome: Important Lessons for Advances in Genetic Diagnosis

By Rebecca B. Reingold and Lawrence O. Gostin, JAMA | 05.18.2018

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U.S. States
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Egg-freezing regrets: Half of women who undergo the procedure have some remorse

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 05.18.2018

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Technologies