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

One Small Step Toward Regulating Dubious Stem Cell Clinics

By Pete Shanks | 10.06.2017
Biopolitical Times
Stem Cells
Portrait of Kazuo Ishiguro

Nobel Winner Kazuo Ishiguro's ‘Never Let Me Go’ Predicted the Gene Editing Debate

By Ben Richmond, Vice Motherboard | 10.05.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
An Orphan Black promotional poster, featuring two side by side portraits of a woman, with the headline "I am not your property" and "I am not your weapon."

Why We Loved “Orphan Black”

By Elizabeth Preston, Neo.Life | 10.05.2017

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Human Cloning

How Tabloids Use Kim Kardashian Rumors to Misrepresent Surrogacy

By Kayla Tolentino | 10.05.2017
Biopolitical Times
Assisted Reproduction
Seven candles are lit in a darkened room.

Chrissy Teigen, Gabrielle Union, and More Women Who Are Bravely Sharing Their Fertility Struggles

By Vogue, Vogue | 10.04.2017

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Assisted Reproduction
Four rolled up dollar bills are planted in an upright position in soil. A gardner's tool is blurred in the background

Nobel Prize winners worry about the state of science funding

By Deirdre Fernandes, Boston Globe | 10.04.2017

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U.S. Federal
A simple calculator reads "TAXES" on its screen. Beside the calculator is a ball point pen.

11th Circuit Denies Tax Deduction For Gay Man's Reproductive Expenses

By Peter J Reilly, Forbes | 10.03.2017

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Biopolitics
Several baby blocks are scattered on a hardwood floor, with a baby's feet in the background.

As Long As It's Healthy

By Sarah Michael Hollenbeck, Shondaland | 10.03.2017

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights