Society

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

Aggregated News

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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Canada’s New Genetic Discrimination Law Will Prevent a ‘Gattaca’ Future

By Jordan Pearson, VICE Motherboard | 03.09.2017

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Biotech & Pharma
A pregnant woman sits on patient bed in a doctor's office, with right hand caressing stomach.

Reflections on reactions to the [Nuffield] Council’s report on NIPT

By Catherine Joynson, Nuffield Blog | 03.09.2017

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights
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Scientists Closer To Creating A Fully Synthetic Yeast Genome

By Rob Stein, NPR | 03.09.2017

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Bioethics
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Saving GINA: Is Genetic Privacy Imperiled

By Ricki Lewis, Public Library of Science | 03.09.2017

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U.S. Federal
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Just One Small Problem With This Major Report on GMO Safety

By Tom Philpott, Mother Jones | 03.05.2017

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Biopolitics
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Gene Therapy: A Threat To The Deaf Community?

By Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Impact Ethics | 03.02.2017

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Bioethics
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It’s easy money: Lab offers doctors up to $144,000 a year to push dubious genetic tests, employees say

By Charles Piller, STAT | 02.28.2017

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Biotech & Pharma
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Egg Freezing for Millennials: The Latest Start-up Trend

By Angelina Chapin, New York Magazine [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.28.2017

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights